Achernar (Alpha Eridani) is the ninth brightest star in the sky but one that is not well known to northern observers as it can only be seen at latitudes below 32° N. Its name, derived from the Arabic Al Ahir al Nahr, means “the end of the river” and refers to its location at the southernmost point of the constellation Eridanus.
“Semele, penetrated by the divine effluence, regenerated and purified by this consecration, dies struck by lightning and with her dies the genius of terrestrial love, the genius with the goat hooves” Gustave Moreau (1826–1898)
