Eridanus

of hundreds of initial candidates, a single compelling candidate survived the gauntlet.

It was located in the constellation Eridanus.

It consisted of a trio of point sources detected over several months.

When he mathematically mapped those points, they translated to an object with an estimated mass of three to five Earth masses at a distance of approximately 225 AU.

You need corroboration.

And that is exactly what other researchers attempted.

They took Rowan Robinson's 1983 Eridanus candidate data and cross-referenced it with another infrared survey, the ACARI-FI-S dataset, which was taken 23 years later.

Why is that 23-year gap important?

And while Alpha Centauri is the third brightest star in the night sky, outshone only by Sirius and Canopus, Beta Centauri is only about the 10th brightest.

Looking to the southeast and you'll see the bright blue-white star Alpha Eridani, or Achernar, which represents the southern tip of Eridanus, one of the largest and longest constellations in the sky.

Achernar is located about 139 light years away.

It's actually a binary star system comprising two stars, Alpha Eridani A and Alpha Eridani B. Alpha Eridani A is a hot, young spectral type B blue star.

And just like it was said in the story, his father drove him up to the sky, or drove his body up to the sky.

And then the river that he falls into, Eridanus or Eridanus.

Again, I've heard it called both ways, but I'll call it, uh, Eridanus because it sounds cool.

The constellation Eridanus is a massive constellation that sits right near the foot of Orion, right near the star Rigel.

Now, the Sun's path that it takes across the sky is a real path that's represented in this story.

The Sun actually moves across the zodiacal constellations.