This is the 2nd in a new series based on nearby stars. An easy hike / ride to the cache but making the find may prove to be tricky. Or it may not.
Epsilon Eridani (ε Eridani, abbreviated Epsilon Eri, ε Eri), also named Ran, is a star in the southern constellation of Eridanus, along a declination 9.46° south of the celestial equator. This allows it to be viewed from most of Earth's surface. At a distance of 10.5 light-years (ly) from the Sun, it has an apparent magnitude of 3.73. It is the third-closest individual star or star system visible to the unaided eye and is the second-closest star known to host a planet. Its age is estimated at less than a billion years.
In Habitable Planets for Man, a 1964 RAND Corporation study by American space scientist Stephen H. Dole, the probability of a habitable planet being in orbit around Epsilon Eridani were estimated at 3.3%. Among the known stars within 22 ly, it was listed with the 14 stars that were thought most likely to have a habitable planet.
Because of the proximity and Sun-like properties of Epsilon Eridani, American physicist Robert L. Forward considered the system as one of the targets for interstellar travel in 1985. The following year, the British Interplanetary Society suggested Epsilon Eridani as one of several targets in its Project Daedalus paper study.The system has continued to be among the targets of such proposals, as with Project Icarus in 2011.Based on its location within 23.5 ly (7.2 parsecs), Epsilon Eridani was among the target stars of Project Phoenix, a 1995 microwave survey for signals from extraterrestrial intelligence.The project had checked about 800 stars by 2004, but had not yet detected an unimpeachable signal.
The cache is in plain sight.
Additional Waypoints
P06W0P0 - Car parking
N 39° 33.744 W 105° 01.542
Epsilon Eridani
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