Achernar is the brightest star in the constellation of Eridanus and the ninth-brightest in the night sky. It has the Bayer designation Alpha Eridani, which...
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USS Achernar (AKA-53) was an Andromeda-class attack cargo ship (a cargo ship designed to support amphibious warfare operations) of the United States Navy...
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Achernar is the brightest star in the constellation of Eridanus Achernar may also refer to: USS Achernar, US Navy cargo ship Achernar Island Mount Achernar...
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can also be used to form the triangle with Achernar and the pole. In this case, go anticlockwise from Achernar instead of clockwise, form the triangle with...
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Mount Achernar (84°12′S 160°56′E / 84.200°S 160.933°E / -84.200; 160.933) is a peak forming the northeast end of the MacAlpine Hills, on the south side...
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Colbert Hills (Antarctica) (section Mount Achernar)
west include Jacobs Nunatak, Morse Nunataks, MacAlpine Hills and Mount Achernar. 84°14′S 162°25′E / 84.233°S 162.417°E / -84.233; 162.417. A small rock...
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a minor river in Athens. At its southern end is the magnitude 0.5 star Achernar, designated Alpha Eridani. It is a blue-white hued main sequence star 144...
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Progress), proposed a transmitter site outside of the Quiet Zone, while Achernar Broadcasting (owned by attorney Margot Polivy) site was within the Quiet...
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Achernar Island (66°58′S 57°12′E / 66.967°S 57.200°E / -66.967; 57.200), also known as Utöy, is an island 2.8 kilometres (1.5 nmi) long, lying 1.9 kilometres...
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Australe, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pavo, and Grus. Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, and Hadar are the brightest stars in the southern sky. In the star chart...
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subgiants Gamma Cassiopeiae – B0.5IVpe V main-sequence stars (dwarfs) Achernar – B6Vep sd (prefix) or VI subdwarfs HD 149382 – sdB5 or B5VI D (prefix)...
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deep-sky objects), Achernar in the Eridanus constellation east of Canopus, Fomalhaut in the Southern Fish constellation east of Achernar and Antares in the...
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Southern 8 0.34 Procyon α CMi 0011 F5 IV-V Northern 9 0.46 (0.40–0.46var) Achernar α Eri 0139 B3 Vpe Southern 10 0.50 (0.0–1.6var) Betelgeuse α Ori 640 M1-M2...
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have a rotation greater than 100 km/s at the equator. The B-class star Achernar, for example, has an equatorial velocity of about 225 km/s or greater,...
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Achernar is a rapidly spinning star flattened into an oblate spheroid hotter and brighter at the poles....
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Arcturus EbN the Pleiades E Altair EbS Orion's belt ESE Sirius SEbE Beta Scorpionis SE Antares SEbS Alpha Centauri SSE Canopus SbE Achernar S Southern Cross...
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a star of luminosity class V: main-sequence stars (dwarfs). Example: Achernar (B6Vep) Red dwarfs are low-mass main-sequence stars. Yellow dwarfs are...
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/ˈæbsəluːtnoʊ/ Eridanus θ1 Eridani A Acamar /ˈækəmɑːr/ Eridanus α Eridani A Achernar The name was originally Arabic: آخر النهر ʾāẖir an-nahr ('river's end')...
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amount of equatorial bulge. Examples of such rapidly rotating stars include Achernar, Altair, Regulus A and Vega. The fact that many large celestial objects...
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observers in his 1592 work Tractatus de Globis, along with Canopus and Achernar, noting: Now, therefore, there are but three Stars of the first magnitude...
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Foxconn also announced a merger with the integrated circuit designing firm AchernarTek for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition and consolidation will help...
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was the nearest bright star to the celestial south pole. Around 2800 BC, Achernar was only 8 degrees from the south pole. In the next 7500 years, the south...
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Springbank Island Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Antarctic Territory Achernar Island Masson Island Hawker Island Frazier Islands Giganteus Island Christmas...
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1 K1-IIICN0.5 +4.02 Beta Herculis (Kornephoros) 139 ± 3 2 G7IIIa +2.81 Achernar 139 ± 3 1 B3 Vpe + A1V-A3V 0.40–0.46 Most oblate star known in the Milky...
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star rotates rapidly, close to its breakup velocity, even faster than Achernar. Although some research on the companion star has been performed, stellar...
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is of the same order of magnitude as for the very rapidly rotating star Achernar. The Sun, in comparison, has an equatorial rotation velocity of 2 km/s...
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Transport Air attack, kamikaze w/bombs hit bridge 49 125 2 Apr 45 USS Achernar Attack Cargo Ship Air attack, kamikaze w/bomb hit starboard 5 41 3 Apr...
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constellations depicted, and an alphabetical list of named stars (such as Achernar) with their Bayer designation, magnitude, and respective constellation...
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0.4-magnitude star in the constellation Cassiopeia, similar to that of Achernar or Procyon from Earth. Among the known stars, Proxima Centauri has been...
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of European observers in his 1592 work Tractatus de Globis, along with Achernar and Alpha Centauri, noting: "Now, therefore, there are but three Stars...
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