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HIP 113969 — Star in Indus

Magnitude 5.5m Star Indus (Ind) Visible
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1Physical Properties

Magnitude 5.52
Spectral Type F4III giant
Star Color Yellow-white (B-V 0.36)

2Position & Identifiers

RA 23h 04m 52.2s
Dec -68° 49' 13.0"
Constellation Indus (Ind)
HR 8769
HIP 113969
HD 217831
SAO 255395
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3How easy to spot?

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Equipment Bortle 3 Bortle 4 Bortle 5
Naked eye Medium Hard+ Hard
50mm finder Easy Easy Easy
150mm scope Easy Easy Easy
Easy Medium Hard Very hard Impossible

Bortle 3 = rural · 4 = outer suburbs · 5 = suburbs

4Visibility

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Best season Aug – Oct (peak: Sep)

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Visibility scores assume a 150 mm Newton at Bortle 4.

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Hard+
Bright spiral galaxy
Galaxy mag 12.67 2.1° Indus
Delta Tuc
Easy
Easy double, sep 6.8″
Double Star mag 4.48 5.3° Tucana
47 Tucanae
NGC 104
Easy
Large bright globular cluster
Globular Cluster mag 4.0 7.3° Tucana
Nu Tuc
Medium
Semi-regular variable, range 4.7–5.2
Variable Star mag 4.81 7.6° Tucana
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