IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Cetus
The Sea Monster/The Whale
OriginAncient
AbbreviationCet
GenitiveCeti
Pronunciation/ˈsiːtəs/ SEE-təss genitive /ˈsiːtaɪ/ SEE-tye
SEE-tus
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarDiphda (β Cet)
Right Ascention 0h 44m Declination -17° 59'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.021 h (1.3 min)
Cetus was the sea-monster sent by Poseidon to ravage Aethiopia as punishment for Queen Cassiopia’s boast that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids. King Cepheus offered his daughter as sacrifice to Cetus to appease it, but the hero Perseus killed the creature to save her.
www.underthesky.com
Cetus as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Cetus -579→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Cetus -579 2 Cetus -579 3 Cetus -579 4 Cetus -579 5 Cetus -579 6 Cetus -579 7 Cetus -579 8 Cetus -579 9 Cetus -579 10 Cetus -579 11 Cetus -579 12 Cetus -579 13 Cetus -579 14 Cetus -579 15 Cetus -579 16 Cetus -579 17 Cetus -579 18 Cetus -579 19 Cetus -579 20 Cetus -579 21 Cetus -579 22 Cetus -579 23 Cetus -579 24 Cetus -579 25 Cetus -579 26 Cetus -579 27 Cetus -579 28 Cetus -579 1 Grus -578 30 January 0521 31 January 0521 1 February 0521 2 February 0521 3 February 0521 4 February 0521 5 February 0521 6 February 0521 7 February 0521 8 February 0521 9 February 0521 10 February 0521 11 February 0521 12 February 0521 13 February 0521 14 February 0521 15 February 0521 16 February 0521 17 February 0521 18 February 0521 19 February 0521 20 February 0521 21 February 0521 22 February 0521 23 February 0521 24 February 0521 25 February 0521 26 February 0521 27 February 0521
MS -534724 MS -534725 MS -534726 MS -534727 MS -534728 MS -534729 MS -534730 MS -534731 MS -534732 MS -534733 MS -534734 MS -534735 MS -534736 MS -534737 MS -534738 MS -534739 MS -534740 MS -534741 MS -534742 MS -534743 MS -534744 MS -534745 MS -534746 MS -534747 MS -534748 MS -534749 MS -534750 MS -534751 MS -534696 MD -549587 MD -549586 MD -549585 MD -549584 MD -549583 MD -549582 MD -549581 MD -549580 MD -549579 MD -549578 MD -549577 MD -549576 MD -549575 MD -549574 MD -549573 MD -549572 MD -549571 MD -549570 MD -549569 MD -549568 MD -549567 MD -549566 MD -549565 MD -549564 MD -549563 MD -549562 MD -549561 MD -549560 MD -549559