Keid

Keid, a variable star near the 'source' of the River Eridanus. Its companion Beid, though it appears close in the sky, is actually more than a hundred light years further away than Keid.

An triple star in the northern parts of Eridanus. It is a near neighbour to the somewhat better-known Ran or Epsilon Eridani, and so is close to Earth's Solar System at just sixteen light years' distance.

* The name 'Vulcan' for this star comes from the lore of the TV series Star Trek, in which it is said to be orbited by the home planet of Mr Spock and his kind. 'Vulcan' is not therefore a traditional name, but it is found in some catalogues, and is therefore included here. There are in fact (as yet unconfirmed) indications of a massive terrestrial planet in orbit around the primary star of this triple system, but its orbit would place it rather too close to the orange star to be realistically habitable.