Cetus

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astronomical object constellation equatorial constellation

Cetus is a large constellation in the equatorial region of the sky, often associated with a mythological sea monster or whale in Greek mythology.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Cetus canonical 10
Cetus constellation region 1
CetusConstellation 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
constellation ⓘ
equatorial constellation ⓘ
abbreviation Cet ⓘ
areaRank 4 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees approximately 1231 ⓘ
associatedWith Greek mythology ⓘ
sea monster ⓘ
whale ⓘ
belongsTo Perseus constellation ⓘ
surface form: Perseus family of constellations
bestSeenIn Northern Hemisphere autumn ⓘ
Northern Hemisphere early winter ⓘ
borderedBy Aquarius ⓘ
Aries ⓘ
Eridanus ⓘ
Fornax constellation ⓘ
surface form: Fornax

Pisces ⓘ
Sculptor ⓘ
Taurus ⓘ
brightestStar Beta Ceti ⓘ
brightestStarAlternativeName Diphda ⓘ
brightestStarApparentMagnitude about 2.0 ⓘ
brightestStarTraditionalName Deneb Kaitos ⓘ
containsDeepSkyObject Messier 77 ⓘ
containsExoplanetHostStar Tau Ceti ⓘ
containsGalaxy Messier 77 ⓘ
NGC 1032 ⓘ
NGC 1042 ⓘ
NGC 1055 ⓘ
NGC 1073 ⓘ
NGC 247 ⓘ
NGC 45 ⓘ
NGC 936 ⓘ
containsNearbyStar Tau Ceti ⓘ
containsVariableStar Mira ⓘ
UV Ceti ⓘ
createdBy Ptolemaios ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemy
declinationRange approximately +10° to −25° ⓘ
derivedFrom GreekMonsters ⓘ
surface form: Ancient Greek kētos
genitive Ceti ⓘ
hasBrightStar Beta Ceti ⓘ
Mira ⓘ
Tau Ceti ⓘ
listedIn IAU 88 modern constellations ⓘ
Ptolemy’s 48 constellations ⓘ
locatedIn celestial equator region ⓘ
mythologyAssociatedCharacter Andromeda ⓘ
Cassiopeia ⓘ
Perseus ⓘ
mythologyRole sea monster sent by Poseidon ⓘ
nameMeaning sea monster ⓘ
nameOriginLanguage Latin ⓘ
recognizedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
rightAscensionRange approximately 0h to 3h ⓘ
symbolizes the Whale ⓘ
visibleIn both hemispheres ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orion → borderedBy → Cetus ⓘ
Tau Ceti → constellation → Cetus ⓘ
IC 1613 → constellation → Cetus ⓘ
Eridanus → borderingConstellation → Cetus ⓘ
rescuing Andromeda → relatedConstellation → Cetus ⓘ
subject surface form: Rescuing Andromeda
this entity surface form: CetusConstellation
Cetus Dwarf Galaxy → constellation → Cetus ⓘ
Cetus Dwarf Galaxy → belongsTo → Cetus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Cetus constellation region
Tau Ceti f → constellation → Cetus ⓘ
Andromeda → threatenedBy → Cetus ⓘ
Aquarius → borderedBy → Cetus ⓘ
Ptolemy’s 48 constellations → includesConstellation → Cetus ⓘ
Cassiopeia from Greek mythology → relatedTo → Cetus ⓘ
subject surface form: Cassiopeia