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Achernar

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Achernar , brightest star in the constellation Eridanus ; Bayer designation a Eridani; 1992 position R.A. 1 h 37.4 m , Dec. -57°16'. A bluish-white white star with apparent magnitude 0.51, it is one of the 10 brightest stars in the entire sky. Its distance is about 120 light-years, and its luminosity about 600 times that of the sun. Achernar is of spectral class B5 V. Its name is from the Arabic meaning "end of the river [Eridanus]." Author not available, ACHERNAR. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Achernar
Achernar The star Alpha Eridani, a B3 dwarf of magnitude 0.45, ninth-brightest in the sky, 144 l.y. away. Its name comes from Arabic and means ‘river's end’. Read more
Phoenicid meteors
...showing low rates (maximum ZHR 5) between November28 and December9. At maximum on December6, the radiant lies at RA 1h 12m, dec. -53° (northwest of Achernar). Unusually high activity (ZHR 100) occurred for a limited period around maximum in 1956. Read more

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