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Cetus | SEE tuss | The Whale | |||||
Star Name | Coords. | Dist.(ly) | Mag. | Spect. | Type of Star | Features, etc. | |
Menkar
Arabic: "nostrils, nose" Alpha Ceti
| 3h 2' 16.7 +4� 5' 23 | 220 | 2.54 | M2 III | Red Giant | Ceti Alpha 5 was featured in - Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan | |
Diphda aka - Deneb Kaitos
"the sea-monster's tail" Beta Ceti
| 0h 43' 35.3 -17� 59' 12 | 96 | 2.04 | K0 III | Orange Giant | ||
Kaffaljidhma
"sea-monster's head" Gamma Ceti
| 2h 43' 18 +3� 14' 9 | 82 | 3.47 3.7 + 6.4
| A3 V F7
| Blue White and White Main Sequence | ||
Delta Ceti | 2h 39' 28.9 +0� 19' 43 | 650 | 4.08 | B2 IV | Blue Sub Giant | ||
Epsilon Ceti | 2h 39' 33.7 -11� 52' 20 | 88 | 4.83 | F5 V F6 V | Binary White Main Sequence | ||
Baiten Kaitos
Zeta Ceti
| 1h 51' 27.5 -10� 20' 6 | 260 | 3.74 | K0 III | Orange Giant | ||
Eta Ceti | 1h 8' 35.3 -10� 10' 56 | 118 | 3.46 | K2 III | Orange Giant | ||
Theta Ceti | 1h 24' 1.3 -8� 11' 1 | 115 | 3.60 | K0 III | Orange Giant | ||
Iota Ceti | 0h 19' 25.6 -8� 49' 26 | 290 | 3.56 | K2 III | Orange Giant | ||
Kappa 1 Ceti | 3h 19' 21.6 +3� 22' 13 | 30 | 4.84 | G5 V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
Kappa 2 Ceti | 3h 21' 6.7 +3� 40' 32 | 290 | 5.70 | G8.5 III | Yellow Giant | ||
Mu Ceti | 2h 44' 56.5 +10� 6' 51 | 84 | 4.27 | F1 III-IV | White Giant | ||
Mira Omicron Ceti
| 2h 19' 20.7 -2� 58' 39 | 420 | 3.45 ( 2 - 10 )
| M6 III | Red Giant | Variable Star 331.65 Day Cycle Star Trek - the spores | |
Sigma Ceti | 2h 32' 5.1 -15� 14' 41 | 84 | 4.74 | F5V | White Main Sequence | ||
Tau Ceti
| 1h 44' 4 -15� 56' 15 | 11.9 | 3.49 | G8 V | Yellow Dwarf | 18th Nearest - and most similar to ours of all nearby stars | |
Phi 1 Ceti | 0h 44' 11.3 -10� 36' 34 | 210 | 4.77 | K0 III | Orange Giant | ||
Phi 2 Ceti | 0h 50' 7.5 -10� 38' 40 | 51 | 5.17 | F7 IV-V | White Sub Giant | ||
Phi 3 Ceti | 0h 56' 1.4 -11� 16' 0 | 520 | 5.35 | K4 III | Orange Giant | ||
Phi 4 Ceti | 0h 58' 43.8 -11� 22' 49 | 315 | 5.62 | G7 III | Yellow Giant | ||
Chi Ceti | 1h 49' 35 -10� 41' 1 | 77 | 4.66 | F3 III | White Giant | ||
6 Ceti HR 33
| 0h 11' 15.8 -15� 28' 5 | 62 | 4.89 | F7 V | White Main Sequence | ||
9 Ceti HR 88
| 0h 22' 51.7 -12� 12' 34 | 66 | 5.39 | G3V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
13 Ceti HR 142
| 0h 35' 14.8 -3� 35' 34 | 69 | 5.20 | F8V | White Main Sequence | ||
18 Ceti HR 203
| 0h 45' 28.6 -12� 52' 51 | 104 | 6.15 | G2 V | Yellow Main Sequence | ||
37 Ceti HR 366
| 1h 14' 24 -7� 55' 23 | 79 | 5.14 | F5 V | White Main Sequence | ||
40 Ceti | 1h 16' 59 -2� 16' 44 | 97 | 6.52 | F8 | White Dwarf | ||
79 Ceti | 2h 35' 19.9 -3� 33' 38 | 117 | 6.83 | G5 IV | Yellow Sub Giant | ||
84 Ceti HR 790
| 2h 41' 13.9 -0� 41' 45 | 70 | 5.72 | F7 IV | White Sub Giant | ||
94 Ceti HR 962
| 3h 12' 46.4 -1� 11' 46 | 73 | 5.07 | F8 V | White Main Sequence |