Eridanus

ERIDANUS
Eridanus, the River, winds from Cursa, just above Rigel in Orion at far left into a huge loop of stars that takes the River to the top right center of the picture where we find Azha, where the River turns to the south.

Eridanus
Transit Date of principal star:
16 October
Eridanus is a very long, winding river that starts at the left foot of Orion in the north, sweeps south of Taurus, west to the edge of Cetus, then doubles back east to Caelum, ...

Eridanus
Eridanus is best seen from November through February.
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Eridanus is a constellation in the southern hemisphere. It is the sixth largest constellation in the sky.

Eridanus
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Eridanus
Abbreviation: Eri
Genitive: Eridani
Translation: The River
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Eridanus, the river:
Eridanus is one of the longest and largest constellations in the sky. The constellation represents nearly every major river known to humankind. To the Babylonians it was the Euphrates, to the Egyptians, the Nile.

Eridanus
Abbreviation: Eri English name: River Eridanus Coordinates see Stellar data
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Eridanus is a long constellation, the sixth-largest in the sky, meandering from the foot of Orion far into the southern hemisphere, ending near Tucana, the Toucan.

Main named stars in Eridanus are:(Greek alphabet)
Acamar (θ 1Eri), Achernar (α Eri), Angetenar (τ 2 Eri), Azha (η Eri), Beid (ο 1 Eri), Cursa (β Eri), Keid (ο 2 Eri), Rana (δ Eri), ...

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Eridanus, the river, wends its way from the Hunter's foot of Orion then southwest to the southern circumpolar zone to enclose a larger area of sky than any other constellation.

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ERIDANUS
[Abbreviation: Eri] Eridanus (the River) is a southern constellation that is may have been named for the river Nile, the river Euphrates, or for the river of tears wept by the mythical Heliades.

The Eridanus Supervoid, reported on 24 August 2007 by the NRAO from Very Large Array Sky Survey data, is much larger than these, being about 300 Mpc in diameter and 1800-3000 Mpc distant.

Near the river Eridanus with his hunting dogs Canis Major-the big or great dog, and Canis minor-the lesser dog.
Orion is hunting Lepus the hare and taurus constellation of the bull.

The star ε Eridanus has an apparent visual magnitude of V = 3.73 and an apparent blue magnitude of B = 4.61.
a) What is its colour index?
b) What is its approximate spectral class?

Eri (NASA SP-7, 1965) International Astronomical Union abbreviation for Eridanus. See constellation. Erid (NASA SP-7, 1965) International Astronomical Union abbreviation for Eridanus. See constellation.

In this lesson I will teach you the remaining stars and constellations that can be seen from the Northern Hemisphere - PISCIS AUSTRALIS, Southern Fish, GRUS, the Crane, CETUS, the Sea Monster, ERIDANUS, the (wandering) River, LEPUS, ...

Aquila, Sagitta, Corona and Serpentarius; 13 central or zodiacal: - Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricornus, Aquarius, Pisces and the Pleiades; and 12 southern: - Orion, Canis, Lepus, Argo, Cetus, Eridanus, ...

Astronomers at the University of California, Berkeley took a closer look at the lenticular galaxy NGC 1266, a magnitude +14 object in the constellation of Eridanus, ...

(´krnär´´), brightest star in the constellation Eridanus; Bayer designation &agr; Eridani; 1992 position R.A. 1h37.4m, Dec. −57°16&minut;. A bluish-white white star with apparent magnitude 0.

Equuleus (Equulei) Eridanus (Eridani)
Alpha Eridani
Rana system (Delta Eridani)
Epsilon Eridani
Sigma Eridani (there is no "Sigma" star in the modern Eridanus constellations)
40 Eridani A (Omicron-2 Eridani)
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100 million light-years from us, the galaxy lies in the constellation Eridanus; this image covers approximately 2.9 arcminutes across (82,000 light-years). The image is combined from data taken in August and September of 2005 for a total of 25 hours.

Achernar or Alpha Eridani is the bright star at the southernmost end of the constellation Eridanus (the river) and is always below the horizon from UK skies.

According to Allen, this star, Theta Eridani, was originally recognized as the end of the River Eridanus and therefore bore the name Achernar. This name now applies to Alpha Eridani instead.

Finding Aquarius: Aquarius is near the other watery figures Cetus (Whale), Pisces (Fish)and Eridanus (River).
Mythology: Aquarius is located in a region of the sky that was known thousands of years ago as "the water" or "the sea".

A young orange dwarf star in the constellation Eridanus that is visible to the naked eye and lies just 10.7 light-years away from the Sun. [C95]
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Heanenly Waters is a of 9 that includes Delphinus (the Dolphin), (the Dove), Equuleus (the Little Horse), Carina (the Keel), Puppis (the Stern), Eridanus (the river), Pisces Austrinus (the Southern Fish), Vela (the Sails), ...

Heanenly Waters is a family of 9 constellations that includes Delphinus (the Dolphin), Columba (the Dove), Equuleus (the Little Horse), Carina (the Keel), Puppis (the Stern), Eridanus (the river), Pisces Austrinus (the Southern Fish), ...

Its name refers to Cetus, a sea monster in Greek mythology, although it is often called 'the whale' today. Cetus is located in the region of the sky known as the Water, along with other watery constellations such as Aquarius, Pisces, and Eridanus.

See also: Constellation, Star, Sky, Light, Sun

Topic: Astronomy