‫‪Acher nahr‬‬

‫م‪.‬د‪ .‬عماد احمد حسين علي االبراهيمي‬

‫أمحد نصار عبد الباسط فتحي‬ ‫مؤمن مثىن هامش احلافظ‬ ‫أمحد عبد القادر حسني البوري‬
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Achernar ('eikana), also designated as α Eridani

(alpha Eridani), is a variable main-sequence star in the
constellation of Eridanus.
Achernar visual magnitude is +0.51, making it the 9th
brightest star in the sky. Thanks to its high brightness,
Achernar is clearly visible when observed from locations
with dark skies, and should be also quite easily visible
from light polluted areas.
The table below summarizes the key facts about
Achernar:
Color of Achernar
Magnitude of Achernar +0.51

CELESTIAL COORDINATES AND

FINDER CHART OF ACHERNAR
Achernar is situated south of the celestial equator, as
such, it is more easily visible from the southern
hemisphere. Celestial coordinates for the J2000 equinox
as well as galactic coordinates of Achernar are provided in
the following table:
Right Ascension J2000 01h 37m 42s
Declination J2000 -57° 14’ 12”
Galactic Longitude 290.84°
Galactic Latitude -58.79°
Constellation Eridanus
VISIBILITY OF ACHERNAR FROM
MOSUL
Achernar - α Eridani (alpha Eridani) is not visible
from Mosul.

‫أحمد نصار عبد الباسط فتحي‬ ‫مؤمن مثنى هاشم الحافظ‬ ‫أحمد عبد القادر حسين الجبوري‬ 1
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DISTANCE OF ACHERNAR FROM

THE SUN AND RELATIVE
MOVEMENT
Achernar is distant 143.74 light years from the Sun
and it is moving far from the Sun at the speed of 16
kilometers per second.
Distance (parsec) 44.09 pc
Distance (light year) 143.74 ly
Heliocentric radial 16 km/s
velocity
Proper Motion RA 0.095 arcsec/year
Proper Motion Dec -0.035 arcsec/year

The simplified sky map below shows the position of

Achernar in the sky:

Simplified finder chart for Achernar - α Eridani

(alpha Eridani).

‫أحمد نصار عبد الباسط فتحي‬ ‫مؤمن مثنى هاشم الحافظ‬ ‫أحمد عبد القادر حسين الجبوري‬ 2
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DIGITIZED SKY SURVEY IMAGE

OF ACHERNAR
The image below is a photograph of Achernar from
the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2) taken in the red
channel. The area of sky represented in the image is
0.5x0.5 degrees (30x30 arcmins). The proper motion of
Achernar is 0.095 arcsec per year in Right Ascension and
-0.035 arcsec per year in Declination and the associated
displacement for the next 1000 years is represented with
the red arrow.

DSS2 image of Achernar. The red arrow

shows the motion of Achernar during the
next 1000 years (1.58 arcmin in Right
Ascension and -0.58 arcmin in
declination);

‫أحمد نصار عبد الباسط فتحي‬ ‫مؤمن مثنى هاشم الحافظ‬ ‫أحمد عبد القادر حسين الجبوري‬ 3
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SPECTRAL PROPERTIES OF
ACHERNAR
Achernar belongs to spectral class B3 and has a
luminosity class of V corresponding to a main-sequence
star.
Absolute magnitude -2.76
Spectral Type B3V
Color Index (B-V) -0.16
Temperature of Achernar 12692K
The red dot in the diagram below shows where
Achernar is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

H-R diagram showing the position of

Achernar. Attribution: Richard
Powell / CC BY-SA
‫أحمد نصار عبد الباسط فتحي‬ ‫مؤمن مثنى هاشم الحافظ‬ ‫أحمد عبد القادر حسين الجبوري‬ 4
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ERIDANUS ERIDANI (ERI)

Eridanus represents a river meandering from the foot

of Taurus in the north to Hydrus in the south, giving it a
range in declination of 58°, the greatest of any
constellation. Its only star of any note, Achernar,
magnitude
0.5, lies at
its southern
tip.
Eridanus
features in
the story of
Phaethon,
son of the
Sun god
Helios, who
tried to
drive his
father’s
chariot
across the
sky but lost
control and
fell like a
meteor into
the river
below.

‫أحمد نصار عبد الباسط فتحي‬ ‫مؤمن مثنى هاشم الحافظ‬ ‫أحمد عبد القادر حسين الجبوري‬ 5