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| IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) |
| Cetus |
| The Sea Monster/The Whale |
| Origin | Ancient |
| Abbreviation | Cet |
| Genitive | Ceti |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsiːtəs/ SEE-təss
genitive /ˈsiːtaɪ/ SEE-tye |
| SEE-tus |
| Location | Celestial Equator |
| Primary Star | Diphda (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. |
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