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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Progress), proposed a transmitter site outside of the Quiet Zone, while Achernar Broadcasting (owned by attorney Margot Polivy) site was within the Quiet...

Springbank Island Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Antarctic Territory Achernar Island Masson Island Hawker Island Frazier Islands Giganteus Island Christmas...

Southern 8 0.34 Procyon α CMi 0011 F5 IV-V Northern 9 0.46 (0.40–0.46var) Achernar α Eri 0140 B3 Vpe Southern 10 0.50 (0.0–1.6var) Betelgeuse α Ori 640 M1-M2...

Australe, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pavo, and Grus. Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, and Hadar are the brightest stars in the southern sky. In the star chart...

radius. Other rapidly rotating stars include Alpha Arae, Pleione, Vega and Achernar. The break-up velocity of a star is an expression that is used to describe...

deep-sky objects), Achernar in the Eridanus constellation east of Canopus, Fomalhaut in the Southern Fish constellation east of Achernar and Antares in the...

/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')...

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...

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...

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...

subgiants Gamma Cassiopeiae – B0.5IVpe V main-sequence stars (dwarfs) Achernar – B6Vep sd (prefix) or VI subdwarfs HD 149382 – sdB5 or B5VI D (prefix)...

a star of luminosity class V: main-sequence stars (dwarfs). Example: Achernar (B6Vep) Red dwarfs are low-mass main-sequence stars. Yellow dwarfs are...

-67.000; 57.767 (Abrupt Island)) Achernar Island (66°58′S 57°12′E / 66.967°S 57.200°E / -66.967; 57.200 (Achernar Island)) Adams Island, Antarctica...

these are no longer considered to be classical Be stars. The brightest is Achernar, although it was not recognised as a Be star until 1976. With the understanding...

Achernar is a rapidly spinning star flattened into an oblate spheroid hotter and brighter at the poles....

star rotates rapidly, close to its breakup velocity, even faster than Achernar. Although some research on the companion star has been performed, stellar...

amount of equatorial bulge. Examples of such rapidly rotating stars include Achernar, Altair, Regulus A and Vega. The fact that many large celestial objects...

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,...

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...

were recorded and that a near-miss took place. The transports Alpine, Achernar, and Tyrrell were also hit by kamikaze aircraft, but it is unclear whether...

Erid Eridani /ɪˈrɪdənaɪ/ ancient (Ptolemy) river Eridanus (mythology) Achernar 0.46 Fornax /ˈfɔːrnæks/ For Forn Fornacis 1763, Lacaille chemical furnace...

42 var α Ori Betelgeuse 0640 M2 Iab Betelgeuse 10 0.50 α Eri Achernar 0140 B3 Vpe Achernar 11 0.60 β Cen Agena, Hadar 0350 B1 III Hadar (Agena) 12 0.77...