Talk:List of stars in Eridanus

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[edit] Etymologies

Etymologies listed here don't fit into the table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL ^talk 15:22, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

• (α Eri) 0.45 Achernar < آخر النهر Ākhir al-Nahr = "Last of the river"
• (67/β Eri) 2.78 Cursa [Kursa] or Dhalim
• (34/γ Eri) 2.97 Zaurak [Zaurac, Zaurack] < زورق zawraq = "boat"
• (23/δ Eri) 3.52 Rana
• (18/ε Eri) 3.72 Sadira [Al Sadirah] < الصادرة al-sadirah the Ostrich(es) Returning from the River – nearby; has at least one planet, dust disk
• (13/ζ Eri) 4.80 Zibal < ? The ostrich
• (3/η Eri) 3.89 Azha (?) corruption of Persian آشيانه āšiyāne The (ostrich) nest
• (θ Eri) Acamar – double 3.89, 4.35 < آخر النهر ākhir an-nahr = "Last of the river" [named before Achernar was added], with a handwriting misread rn -> m.
• (ο Eri)
  • (38/ο¹ Eri) 4.04 Beid < بيض baiđ̧ eggs (of the ostrich)
  • (40/ο² Eri) Keid [Kied] – triple 4.43, 9.5; nearby < ? al-qayd The (egg) shells
• (2/τ² Eri) 4.76 Angetenar [Al Anchat, Anchenet, Hinayat (al Nahr)] < عوجة النهر ^cawjat[u] an-nahr Bend of the river
• (16/τ⁴ Eri) 3.70 Liberfluus or Liberflux < Latin for "Free-flowing" River
• (υ Eri)
  • (52/υ¹ Eri) 4.49 Theemin [Beemin]
  • (52/υ² Eri) 3.82 Beemin [Theemin]
• (53/l Eri) 3.86 Sceptrum