PHOTOS OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE UNIVERSE FROM MY BACKYARD
Equuleus & Eridani
The beautiful triple system Omicron Eridani, at 16.2 LY distant, is the 49th closest star system to our Sun. This system is the mythical home of Star Treks Mr. Spock and in recent years a planet has indeed been discovered to be orbiting around 40 Eridani A. The B component was the first white Dwarf star to be discovered and the most easily visible. The C component is a Red Dwarf star with a mass 1/5 that of our Sun. * * *
51 Eridani is just visible to the naked eye at magnitude 5.2. The physically bound C component is itself a close binary system made up of two Red Dwarf stars separated by only 0.14 AU. * * *
Gamma Eridani is relatively close at 203 LY. The A-B components are Physically related. * * *