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 1067→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Cetus 1067 2 Cetus 1067 3 Cetus 1067 4 Cetus 1067 5 Cetus 1067 6 Cetus 1067 7 Cetus 1067 8 Cetus 1067 9 Cetus 1067 10 Cetus 1067 11 Cetus 1067 12 Cetus 1067 13 Cetus 1067 14 Cetus 1067 15 Cetus 1067 16 Cetus 1067 17 Cetus 1067 18 Cetus 1067 19 Cetus 1067 20 Cetus 1067 21 Cetus 1067 22 Cetus 1067 23 Cetus 1067 24 Cetus 1067 25 Cetus 1067 26 Cetus 1067 27 Cetus 1067 28 Cetus 1067 1 Dorado 1067 7 October 3617 8 October 3617 9 October 3617 10 October 3617 11 October 3617 12 October 3617 13 October 3617 14 October 3617 15 October 3617 16 October 3617 17 October 3617 18 October 3617 19 October 3617 20 October 3617 21 October 3617 22 October 3617 23 October 3617 24 October 3617 25 October 3617 26 October 3617 27 October 3617 28 October 3617 29 October 3617 30 October 3617 31 October 3617 1 November 3617 2 November 3617 3 November 3617 4 November 3617 5 November 3617
MS 565749 MS 565750 MS 565751 MS 565752 MS 565753 MS 565754 MS 565755 MS 565756 MS 565757 MS 565758 MS 565759 MS 565760 MS 565761 MS 565762 MS 565763 MS 565764 MS 565765 MS 565766 MS 565767 MS 565768 MS 565769 MS 565770 MS 565771 MS 565772 MS 565773 MS 565774 MS 565775 MS 565776 MS 565777 MD 581454 MD 581455 MD 581456 MD 581457 MD 581458 MD 581459 MD 581460 MD 581461 MD 581462 MD 581463 MD 581464 MD 581465 MD 581466 MD 581467 MD 581468 MD 581469 MD 581470 MD 581471 MD 581472 MD 581473 MD 581474 MD 581475 MD 581476 MD 581477 MD 581478 MD 581479 MD 581480 MD 581481 MD 581482 MD 581483