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 1263→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Cetus 1263 2 Cetus 1263 3 Cetus 1263 4 Cetus 1263 5 Cetus 1263 6 Cetus 1263 7 Cetus 1263 8 Cetus 1263 9 Cetus 1263 10 Cetus 1263 11 Cetus 1263 12 Cetus 1263 13 Cetus 1263 14 Cetus 1263 15 Cetus 1263 16 Cetus 1263 17 Cetus 1263 18 Cetus 1263 19 Cetus 1263 20 Cetus 1263 21 Cetus 1263 22 Cetus 1263 23 Cetus 1263 24 Cetus 1263 25 Cetus 1263 26 Cetus 1263 27 Cetus 1263 28 Cetus 1263 1 Dorado 1263 9 July 3986 10 July 3986 11 July 3986 12 July 3986 13 July 3986 14 July 3986 15 July 3986 16 July 3986 17 July 3986 18 July 3986 19 July 3986 20 July 3986 21 July 3986 22 July 3986 23 July 3986 24 July 3986 25 July 3986 26 July 3986 27 July 3986 28 July 3986 29 July 3986 30 July 3986 31 July 3986 1 August 3986 2 August 3986 3 August 3986 4 August 3986 5 August 3986 6 August 3986 7 August 3986
MS 696793 MS 696794 MS 696795 MS 696796 MS 696797 MS 696798 MS 696799 MS 696800 MS 696801 MS 696802 MS 696803 MS 696804 MS 696805 MS 696806 MS 696807 MS 696808 MS 696809 MS 696810 MS 696811 MS 696812 MS 696813 MS 696814 MS 696815 MS 696816 MS 696817 MS 696818 MS 696819 MS 696820 MS 696821 MD 716138 MD 716139 MD 716140 MD 716141 MD 716142 MD 716143 MD 716144 MD 716145 MD 716146 MD 716147 MD 716148 MD 716149 MD 716150 MD 716151 MD 716152 MD 716153 MD 716154 MD 716155 MD 716156 MD 716157 MD 716158 MD 716159 MD 716160 MD 716161 MD 716162 MD 716163 MD 716164 MD 716165 MD 716166 MD 716167