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 8→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Cetus 8 2 Cetus 8 3 Cetus 8 4 Cetus 8 5 Cetus 8 6 Cetus 8 7 Cetus 8 8 Cetus 8 9 Cetus 8 10 Cetus 8 11 Cetus 8 12 Cetus 8 13 Cetus 8 14 Cetus 8 15 Cetus 8 16 Cetus 8 17 Cetus 8 18 Cetus 8 19 Cetus 8 20 Cetus 8 21 Cetus 8 22 Cetus 8 23 Cetus 8 24 Cetus 8 25 Cetus 8 26 Cetus 8 27 Cetus 8 28 Cetus 8 1 Dorado 8 19 May 1625 20 May 1625 21 May 1625 22 May 1625 23 May 1625 24 May 1625 25 May 1625 26 May 1625 27 May 1625 28 May 1625 29 May 1625 30 May 1625 31 May 1625 1 June 1625 2 June 1625 3 June 1625 4 June 1625 5 June 1625 6 June 1625 7 June 1625 8 June 1625 9 June 1625 10 June 1625 11 June 1625 12 June 1625 13 June 1625 14 June 1625 15 June 1625 16 June 1625
MS -142288 MS -142287 MS -142286 MS -142285 MS -142284 MS -142283 MS -142282 MS -142281 MS -142280 MS -142279 MS -142278 MS -142277 MS -142276 MS -142275 MS -142274 MS -142273 MS -142272 MS -142271 MS -142270 MS -142269 MS -142268 MS -142267 MS -142266 MS -142265 MS -142264 MS -142263 MS -142262 MS -142261 MS -142260 MD -146250 MD -146249 MD -146248 MD -146247 MD -146246 MD -146245 MD -146244 MD -146243 MD -146242 MD -146241 MD -146240 MD -146239 MD -146238 MD -146237 MD -146236 MD -146235 MD -146234 MD -146233 MD -146232 MD -146231 MD -146230 MD -146229 MD -146228 MD -146227 MD -146226 MD -146225 MD -146224 MD -146223 MD -146222