ERIDANUS

ĭrĭdˈənəs, large southern constellation stretching SW from Orion for about 60°. Because of its long, winding shape it was identified with a river by many ancient civilizations; e.g., the Egyptians called it the Nile and the Babylonians called it the Euphrates. The brightest star in the constellation, Achernar, marks the southern end of the river. Eridanus reaches its highest point in the evening sky in December.

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books on: Eridanus  - 181 results

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Giordano Bruno and the Kabbalah: Prophets, Magicians, and Rabbis
Book by Karen Silvia De Leon-Jones; University of Nebraska Press, 2004
Subjects: Bruno, Giordano--1548-1600, Cabala--History--16th Century
heaven. But this Eridanus, which is here and is there, which...me to be fitting (since the river Eridanus has the property of being at the same...he who will in like manner have the Eridanus on his mind will be like him whose...
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Medieval Mythography: From Roman North Africa to the School of Chartres, A.D. 433-1177
Book by Jane Chance; University Press of Florida, 1994
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval--Classical Influences, Criticism, Medieval--History, Ecole De Chartres, Latin Literature--Criticism And Interpretation--History, Literature, Medieval--Roman Influences, Mythology, Classical, In Literature, Mythology--Historiography
...Ages. For example, the classical figure of Eridanus that appears in a mid-ninth- century Carolingian...repetitive, mimetic, full of cultural noise. So "Eridanus" depicts the figure Eridanus Fluvius, Currus , the river god, with his jug...
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A Guide to the Constellations
Book by Samuel G. Barton, William H. Barton Jr.; Whittlesey House, 1935
Subjects: Constellations
...also about midway between Achernar in Eridanus and the Cross. The Milky Way comes closest...from Canopus in Carina to Achernar in Eridanus. In the southern end, running over...that type in the southern hemisphere. ERIDANUS Eridanus is such a long constellation...
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Ben Jonson: Poet
Book by George Burke Johnston; Columbia University Press, 1945
Subjects: Jonson, Ben--1573?-1637
...and drowne In heavn the Signe of old Eridanus: How they would frowne! But these are...38 Wheelers chief difficulty is with Eridanus: The birds flight through Jonsons contemporary...not clear: In heaven the sign of old Eridanus. This sign may be the epitaph which...
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Dragons in Amber: Further Adventures of a Romantic Naturalist
Book by Willy Ley; Viking Press, 1951
Subjects: Natural History
mingled with the waters of the Eridanus, they hardened and turned into amber, which comes only from the Eridanus. The first part of this is clear...trees and it comes from a river called Eridanus. Which river is the Eridanus? Ovid...
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journal articles on: Eridanus  - 4 results

 
 
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Caprarola's Sala Della Cosmografia
Journal article by Mary Quinlan-Mcgrath; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 50, 1997
Subjects: Architecture, Renaissance--Appreciation, Art, Renaissance--Appreciation
...scene of Phaeton falling into the River Eridanus, while not unique to the ceiling, is...decorative problem to solve. The River Eridanus is a sprawling constellation, and this...and Phaeton plunged into the River Eridanus. Thus Phaeton makes a natural mythological...
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The Room of Maps at Caprarola, 1573-75
Journal article by Loren Partridge; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 77, 1995
Subjects: Art, Art history, Farnese, Alessandro, Italy, Maps, Mythology, Patronage, Renaissance period, Roman Catholic Church, Royalty
...Caprarola sky map.(21) The river Eridanus (Fig. 2 no. 28, lower right) is...from the chariot of the sun into the Eridanus.(22) A year after the Caprarola sky...earth, from fear fell into the river Eridanus (and was conveyed by Sol to the constellations...
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Giordano Bruno and the Stuart Court Masques
Journal article by Hilary Gatti; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995
Subjects: Bruno, Giordano--Influence, European literature--Renaissance, 1450-1600, Masques--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Bruno had done to represent this concept: that of the River Eridanus whose privilege it was "In heaven and earth to flow, / Above...Orgel and Strong, 2:578. For Brunos treatment of the river Eridanus, Bruno, 1958, 2:808-09. 62 Bruno, 1958, 2:826...
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The Sky
Journal article by Ray Forma; Teaching Science, Vol. 53, 2007
Subjects: Astrographic catalog and chart--Usage, Astronomical charts--Usage, Astronomy--Equipment and supplies, Sky--Observations
...appearance of that part of the sky. Further south lies Achernar, Alpha Eridani, which is the brightest star in the constellation Eridanus and the eighth brightest star in the night time sky. It is the least spherical star currently known in the Milky Way. Achernar...


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magazine articles on: Eridanus  - 2 results

 
 
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A View outside the Galaxy
Magazine article; Natural History, Vol. 103, October 1994
Subjects: Astronomy, Stars & galaxies
...faint stars of the water constellations: Aquarius (this month home to the planet Saturn), Delphinus, Pisces, Cetus, and Eridanus. By midnight, however, our familiar winter friends--Taurus, Orion, Gemini, Canis Major--lumber up over the eastern...
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Nothing Much
Magazine article by Stéphan Reebs; Natural History, Vol. 116, November 2007
Subjects: Astronomy, Cosmology, Dark matter, Stars & galaxies, Universe
...Nothing Much by Stephan Reebs News flash: astronomers think theyve discovered a whole lot of nothing. In the constellation Eridanus, near Orion, some 10 billion light-years from Earth, there appears to be a vast expanse of empty space, completely devoid...


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newspaper articles on: Eridanus  - 3 results

 
 
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6 THINGS YOU MUST DO IN...ATHENS; ATHENS ACROPOLIS WOW: Athens' Most Stunning Site Has a New Museum to Reveal More of Its secrets6THINGS
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 23, 2007
Subjects: Museums
...their glitz. Then came the boutique hotels. Check outthe Fresh Hotel (www.freshhotel.gr) and Eridanus (Pireos Street;www.eridanus.gr), a five-storey renovated neo-Classical house with, from somerooms, splendid views of the...
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Viewpoint: Alternatively Speaking
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 29, 2007
...scientists from the University of Minnesota (itself a large void in the US) spotted "nothing" in the region of the constellation Eridanus, near Orion. The region, some eight billion light-years from Earth, had already been identified as a "cold spot" because...
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From Bed to Verse
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 13, 2009
...estimated diameter of 230million light years. In August 2007, another possible supervoid was detected in the constellation Eridanus. This supervoid appears to be extraordinarily large, perhaps as much as a billion lightyears across - which would make it...


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encyclopedia articles on: Eridanus  - 3 results

 
 
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Eridanus
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ERIDANUS irid n s, large southern constellation stretching SW from Orion for about...in the constellation, Achernar , marks the southern end of the river. Eridanus reaches its highest point in the evening sky in December...
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Constellations
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Cygnus Swan 21 +48 Delphinus Dolphin 21 +18 Dorado Dorado (a fish) 5 64 Draco Dragon 17 +61 Equuleus Colt 21 +8 Eridanus Eridanus (a river) 4 18 Fornax Furnace 3 31 Gemini 1 Twins 7 +18 Grus Crane 22 41 Hercules Hercules 18 +22 Horologium...
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Achernar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ACHERNAR a k rnar , brightest star in the constellation Eridanus ; Bayer designation Eridani; 1992 position R.A. 1 h 37...V. Its name is from the Arabic meaning "end of the river Eridanus." ____________________ Copyright 2009...


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