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I added link to 2022 Kervella paper and updated info on the binary orbit in the starbox and main body. I did this quickly, so it may benefit from specialist review. -- Az7997 ( talk) 23:59, 23 November 2022 (UTC)
An anonymous user added the following comment to the article, referemcing whether Ptolemy could have observed Achernar. I have moved it here:
This is not true. The Aegyptians navegated the seas (fathom, ancla, anchor, are terms of Aegyptian origin.
Lithopsian ( talk) 14:49, 10 May 2016 (UTC)
The article says "it was the last first magnitude star observed". Those near the Equator and South of the Equator saw it earlier, in view of its magnitude and R.A. and Declination. It is noted that it was named by an Australian aborigine tribe. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:23C1:E083:8201:D9EA:2EBF:182B:6112 ( talk) 08:51, 15 December 2017 (UTC)
I've added an "explain" to the use of precession here. Is something meant like "as it rotates around the galactic enter it rises higher as against the latitude of Earth?" Because just calling this precession is not very clear. Wjhonson ( talk) 00:45, 9 March 2018 (UTC)
Due to the way the article is set up, it implies that it is named after an American naval ship, a naval ship that then humorously, links back to the article as being the ship's name Sake. I'd argue that the namesake Category is redundant as such, or could be turned into an explanation of the star's name and how it was arrived upon or discovered
The Legendary Vin ( talk) 20:38, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
I don't understand this but there seems to be some doubt about whether it is B3 or B6. https://simbad.cds.unistra.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=Achernar kinda has both William M. Connolley ( talk) 07:54, 19 July 2023 (UTC)