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Astronomy RainfallRana Secunda

Rana
(Amtsgymnasiet and EUC Syd Gallery,
student photo used with permission) ...

 


Rana Secunda is a Latin translation of Al Difdi` al Thani.
For the Arabs Diphda was the Second Frog with Fomalhaut as the First Frog.
Description of the Star ...

Rana Delta Eridani
Ras Algethi Alpha Herculis
Ras Alhague Alpha Ophiuchi
Ras Elased Australis Epsilon Leonis
Rasalas Mu Leonis
Rastaban Beta Draconis
Ras Thaoum Alpha Geminorum
Regor Gamma Velorum
Regulus Alpha Leonis
Rigel Beta Orionis ...

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)
Acamar (Theta Eridani)
Fornax (Fornacis) ...

ShakoShakobiShakoor Rana
Shakopee, MinnesotaShakopee-Mdewakanton Indian ReservationShakotan, Hokkaido
ShakotanShakotan BoogieShakotan District, Hokkaido ...

At first seeming like just another class K (K1) giant, Sigma Gem is a fine example of a cool and very well studied "RS Canum Venaticorum" star rather like Epsilon Ursae Minoris, Lambda Andromedae, and Rana (Delta Eridani).

manum ("hand"), rana ("frog"), bonum ("good"), Port. mão, rãa, bõo (now mão, rã, bom). This process was the source of most of the nasal diphthongs which are typical of Portuguese.

Deneb Kaitos; Difda; Difda al Thani; Rana Secunda, the "Second Frog" (the "First Frog" is Fomalhaut = HR 8728).
Beta Ceti
HR 188
HD 4128 ...

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), Sceptrum (53 Eri) Theemim (υ 2 Eri), Zaurak (γ Eri), ...

[3682] theta Eridani or Acamar ("the last of the river"), a binary pair of blue-white stars 120 light-years distant, [3681] gamma Eridani or Zaurak ("the boat"), a yellow star with an apparent magnitude of 2.95, and [3683] delta Eridani or Rana ("the ...

The fourth-brightest, delta Eri, is Rana (meaning "frog" ). The fifth-brightest, zeta Eri, is Zibal (part of the "Ostrich's Nest"). Eridanus was one of the original 48 constellations first noted by Ptolemy ...

See also: Star, Second, Delta, Sun, Planet