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When in Nonnus' fourth- or fifth-century CE Dionysiaca the vast monster Typhon boasts that he will bathe in "starry Eridanus", it is hyperbole, for the constellation Eridanus, represented as a river, was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy; it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.
Eridanos (mythology) (or Eridanus), a river in Greek mythology, somewhere in Central Europe, which was territory that Ancient Greeks knew only vaguely; The Po River, according to Roman word usage; Eridanos (Athens), a former river near Athens, now subterranean
Eridanus was the 'deep-swirling' river-god son of the Titans Oceanus and his sister-wife Tethys. [1] He was the father of Zeuxippe, mother of the Argonauts Butes and Eribotes by Teleon. [2] Eridanus may be the same or different with his another river-god namesake.
The repeated buildup of the Scandinavian ice cap during successive ice ages after this interglacial resulted in a complete destruction of the source area, decapitating the fluvial system, and in the birth of a glacially excavated area surrounding the Scandinavian mountainous areas, in which region the Baltic Sea would later come into existence.
Eta Eridani (η Eridani, abbreviated Eta Eri, η Eri), officially named Azha (with a silent 'h', possibly / ˈ eɪ z ə /), [8] [7] is a giant star in the constellation of Eridanus. Based on parallax measurements taken during the Hipparcos mission, it is approximately 137 light-years from the Sun .
40 Eridani is the system's Flamsteed designation and ο² Eridani (Latinised to Omicron 2 Eridani) its Bayer designation.The designations of the sub-components – 40 Eridani A, B and C – derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Eridanus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP RA Dec ... e: 82: 20794: 15510: 03 h 19 m 53 ...
Theta Eridani, Latinized from θ Eridani, is a binary system in the constellation of Eridanus with a combined apparent magnitude of 2.88. [6] Its two components are designated θ 1 Eridani, formally named Acamar / ˈ æ k ə m ɑːr / (the traditional name of the system), [13] [14] and θ 2 Eridani.