- ACHERNAR (Alpha Eridani). There are 22 classical “first magnitude” stars in the sky. Of these, nine are so bright that in modern times they had to be placed into even brighter categories, seven into “zeroth” magnitude (the brightest of which is Alpha Centauri) and two (Canopus and Sirius) into the exclusive “minus-first magnitude” group. Of these nine, Achernar ranks last, right behind Procyon in Canis Minor and just beating out Hadar in southern Centaurus.
- brr (brr.fyi)
Hi! This blog is a place for me to record interesting things about Antarctica. During 2022-2023, I deployed to Antarctica to work on IT projects. This was my first year on the ice.