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An engraved star-atlas plate of Eridanus on a deep blue ground, with a fine coordinate grid, a chequered border and Achernar picked out in gold.
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Achernar

No. 24 of 50 · free · 300 dpi

What you seeAn engraved star-atlas plate of Eridanus on a deep blue ground, with a fine coordinate grid, a chequered border and Achernar picked out in gold.

What it meansFrom akhir al-nahr, 'the end of the river', the bright star at the far southern end of the long river of Eridanus.

Where it worksIts tall river of stars suits a narrow wall or a stair.

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A quiet night-blue print: the stars of Eridanus in fine dots and hairlines, Zaurak a single gold point, and its names set small beneath.ZaurakNo. 25
The stars of Hydra rising over low dunes under a night-blue sky, with Alphard marked in gold and its names set on the land below.AlphardNo. 26
Denebola marked in gold among the stars of Leo, drawn inside an astrolabe ring of degree marks on an ink-dark ground, with its modern and Arabic names below.DenebolaNo. 27
Algieba drawn as a large gold star within a twelve-pointed interlaced star, with a small finder chart of Leo and the star's modern and Arabic names.AlgiebaNo. 28
An engraved star-atlas plate of Libra on an indigo ground, with a fine coordinate grid, a chequered border and Zubenelgenubi picked out in gold.ZubenelgenubiNo. 29
A quiet parchment print: the stars of Libra in fine dots and hairlines, Zubeneschamali a single gold point, and its names set small beneath.ZubeneschamaliNo. 30
Alderamin marked in gold among the stars of Cepheus, drawn inside an astrolabe ring of degree marks on a night-blue ground, with its modern and Arabic names below.AlderaminNo. 31
An engraved star-atlas plate of Andromeda on an ink-dark ground, with a fine coordinate grid, a chequered border and Alpheratz picked out in gold.AlpheratzNo. 32

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