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Indus
The Indian
Just a century after Columbus' discovery of America, Johann Bayer named this region of the southern sky after the native peoples of the New World. Perhaps the best known of Indus' stars is Epsilon Indi, which lies just 12 light years from the Sun.

Map of Indus
Relative Galactic Position of Indus
The constellation Indus represents a broad, thin 'slice' of the southern sky.
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