About the star : A star north east of the River Eridanus. This star is a remant from the now obsolete (non-IAU) constellation "Sceptrum Brandenburgicum", the "Brandenburg Sceptre".

It contains four stars, of the 4th and 5th magnitudes, standing in a straight line north and south, below the first bend in the River, west from Lepus. The Chinese here had an asterism, Kew Yew, the nine Scallops of a Pennon, but in this they included mu, omega, and b of Eridanus.

Influence of the constellation : According to Ptolemy all the stars with the exception of Achernar are like Saturn. Eridanus gives a love of knowledge and science, much travel and many changes, a position of authority, but danger of accidents, especially at sea and of drowning. (Robson).