RA 311.0095° · Dec -51.9210° · star
6 more points to reach Uncommon.
Eta Ind is a common star. It lies about 78.8 light-years from Earth, sits in the constellation Ind, shines at apparent magnitude 4.51 and has spectral type A6:var.
Its spectrum reads A6:var — an A-type star: white-hot, typically about twice the Sun's mass, and the class most of the sky's famous bright stars belong to.
Look for Eta Ind in the constellation Ind. At apparent magnitude 4.51, it can be glimpsed with the unaided eye under dark skies.
Like any astronomical target, Eta Ind is best seen from a dark site away from city lights, and when it is above the horizon depends on your latitude and the time of year. The visibility panel above works out tonight's viewing window for your saved location.
Eta Ind scores 16 points on Spacedle's rarity scale, which places it in the common tier. Another 6 points would lift it into a rarer tier.
That score comes from 3 science badges — Star, Naked-eye visible and White A-type star — each earned for a real, measurable property of the object. Rarity on Spacedle is never random: the more remarkable an object's astrophysics, the more badges it collects, the higher it scores, and the rarer it ranks.