The Acamar system was an inhabited system. The planet Acamar III was the homeworld for the Acamarians, a warp-capable humanoid species. (TNG: "The Vengeance Factor")
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Background information
"AWK-uh-mar" was the pronunciation for this star's name from the script pronunciation guide.
According to the Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 56) and the Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"), Acamar (Theta Eridani) was a binary system of two A-class stars. This system was located in the Beta Quadrant.
According to StarTrek.com, Acamar (Bayer designation Theta Eridani) was located 50-60 light years from Sol.
Apocrypha
This star was mentioned as a destination in Pocket TOS: The Wounded Sky, and (with the "Theta Eridani" name) in Marvel TOS: Experiment in Vengeance! where the second planet in this system had a moon named Mycena. Neither of these depicted the existence of the native Acamarian civilization on the third planet.
External links
- Acamar system at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works
- Theta Eridani at Wikipedia