Eridanus

Eri star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Origin of Constellation

Almagest Ποταμός

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Ποταμοῦ ἀστερισμός
1	ὁ μετὰ τὸν ἐν τῷ ἀκρόποδι τοῦ δρίωνος ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς τοῦ ποταμοῦ	The star after the one in the foot of Orion, at the beginning of the river	lam Eri
2	ὁ τούτου βορειότερος ἐν ἐπικαμπίῳ πρὸς τῷ ἀντικυημίῳ τοῦ Ὡρίωνος	The one north of tbis, in thc curve near the shin of Orion	ß Eri
3	τῶν μετὰ τοῦτον ἐφεξῆς β’ ὁ ἐπόμενος	Thc rearmost of thc 2 stars ncxt in order after this	psi Eri
4	ὁ προηγούμενος αὐτῶν	The more advanced of t)lem	ome Eri
5	πάλιη τῶν ἐφεξῆς Β’ ὁ ἐπόμευος	The reannost of the next 2 in order again
6	ὁ προηγούμενος αὐτῶν	The more advanced of them
7	τῶν μετὰ τοῦτον γ’ ὁ ἐπόμευος	The rearmost of the 3 stars after this
8	ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν	The middle one of these
9	ὁ προηγούμενος τῶν τριῶν	The most advanced of the three
10	τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐξῆς διαστάσει δ ὁ ἑπόμενος	The reannost of the four stars in the-next interval
11	ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος	The one in advance of this
12	ὁ ἔτι τούτου προηγούμενος	The one in advance again of this
13	ὁ τῶν ὁ προηγούμενος	The most advanced of the 4
14	ὁμοίως τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐφεξῆς διαστάσει δ ὁ ἑπόμενος	The reannost of the 4 stars in the next interval again
15	ὁ τούτου προηγούμενος	The one in advance of this
16	ὁ ἔτι τούτου προηγούμενος	The one in advance again of this
17	ὁ τῶν ὁ προηγούμενος	The most advanced of the 4
18	ὁ ἐν τῇ ἐπιστροφῇ τοῦ ποταμοῦ α’ ἀπτόμενος τοῦ στήθους τοῦ Κήτους	The first star _in the bend ofthe river, which [star] touches the ehest of Cetus	tau1 Eri
19	ὁ τούτῳ ἐπόμενος	The one to the rear of this
20	τῶν ἐφεξῆς τριῶν ὁ προηγούμενος	The most advanced of the next [group oll three
21	ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν	The midd1e one of these
22	ὁ ἐπόμευος τῶν τριῶν	The rearmost of the three
23	τῶν ἐξῆς ὡς ἐν τραπεξίῳ ὁ τῆς προηγουμένης πλευρᾶς ὁ βόρειος.	The next four stars, nearly fonning a trapezium: the northern one on the advance side
24	ὁ νοτιώτερος τῆς προηγουμένης πλευρᾶς	The next four stars, nearly fonning a trapezium: the southernmost on the advance side
25	τῆς ἐπομένης πλευρᾶς ὁ προηγούμενος	The next four stars, nearly fonning a trapezium: the more advanced one on the rear side
26	ὁ ἑπόμενος αὐτῆς καὶ λοιπὸς τῶν δ	The next four stars, nearly fonning a trapezium: the last of the 4, the rear one on that side
27	ὁ τῶν διεστώτων πρὸς ἀνατολὴν β συνεχῶν ὁ βόρειος	The northernmost of the 2 Stars close tagether at some distance to the east
28	ὁ ποτιώτερος αὐτῶν	The southernmost of them
29	τῶν ἐφεξῆς μετὰ τὴν καμπὴν β ὁ ἑπόμενος	The rearmost of the next 2 stars after the bend
30	ὁ προηγούμενος αὐτῶν	The more advanced of them
31	τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐξῆς διαστάσει γ’ ὁ ἐπόμευος	The rearmost of thc 3 stars in thc next interval
32	ὁ μέσος αὐτῶν	The middle one
33	ὁ προηγούμενος τῶν τριῶν	The most advanced of the three
34	ὁ ἔσχατος τοῦ Ποταμοῦ λαμπρός	The last star of the river, the bright one
	ἀστέρες λδ, ὥν α μεγέθους ἂ, γ’ ἔ, δ’ ἧς, εἱ β.	{34 stars, 1 of the lirst magnitude, 5 of the third, 26 of the fourth, 2 of the fifth}

References

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