Acamar

ACAMAR (Theta Eridani). Eridanus, the River, the embodiment of the Greek's "River Ocean," unlike real rivers has two ends.

Acamar is a binary star system. The primary, Acamar A, is an A4III normal giant. This star is much hotter than the sun and white in color. Even though the smaller star is technically a dwarf, both stars are larger in mass and radius than our sun.

Acamar is a real system in the Eridanus constellation. Modern scientists have determined Theta Eridani's components are spectral classes A1 and A4. [edit] Apocrypha ...

Acamar Information - Information About the Star Acamar Acamar means the end of the river (Eridanus) before the star Achernar was added to the constellation.

2000.0) of Constellation Horologium, the Pendulum Clock -- southwest of Alpha and Delta Horologii, northeast of Beta Horologii, east of Alpha Doradus, northwest of Alpha and Beta Reticuli, southeast of Phi and Chi Eridani, and southeast of Acamar ...

Curiously theta Eridani bears nearly the same name, Acamar. This is a variation on Achernar since this star was once the river's terminus and it then bore the name now carried by alpha Eridani. Double stars: ...

Azha (Eta Eri) ACAMAR (Theta 1 Eri) Beid (Omicron 1 Eri) Keid (Omicron 2 Eri) Angetenar (Tau 2 Eri) Theemim (Upsilon 2 Eri) Sceptrum (53 Eri) Back to Constellations Home Page Chris Dolan's Home Page ...

Constellations - Eridanus - the1Eri (Acamar) Identification Data Common Name ...

NameBayer or Catalogue DesignationAlternate Name(s) Acamar theta1 Eridani Achernar ...

Eridanus originally ended with the star Acamar, which is the last bright star visible to people living in northern latitudes. As sailors began to travel to the Southern Hemisphere, the constellation was continued to the star Achernar.

See also: Star, Eridanus, Constellation, Achernar, Sun