Constellations
Cetus (Cet)
The Sea Monster
Also known as whale, sea monster.
6 looks for Cetus
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Cetus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Sea Monster
- IAU abbreviation
- Cet
- Its stars are named
- Ceti (as in "Alpha Ceti")
- Family
- Perseus family
- Where
- Along the celestial equator: seen from both hemispheres
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in December
- Centre
- Right ascension 2h 04m, declination −2° 28′
- The figure
- 14 stars joined by 15 lines
- Brightest star
- Diphda, magnitude 2.04
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- Diphda (β Cet)mag 2.04
- Menkar (α Cet)mag 2.53
- Mira (ο Cet)mag 3.04
- Dheneb (η Cet)mag 3.45
- Kaffaljidhma (γ Cet)mag 3.47
- τ Cetmag 3.50
- Deneb Kaitos Shemali (ι Cet)mag 3.56
- Al Naymat (θ Cet)mag 3.60
- Baten Kaitos (ζ Cet)mag 3.73
- δ Cetmag 4.07
- μ Cetmag 4.27
- ξ2 Cetmag 4.28
- λ Cetmag 4.70
- ν Cetmag 4.86
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation