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α Ceti, traditionally called Menkar ("the nose"), is a red-hued giant star of magnitude 2.5, 220 light-years from Earth. It is a wide double star; the secondary is 93 Ceti, a blue-white hued star of magnitude 5.6, 440 light-years away
Mira (/ ˈ m aɪ r ə /), designation Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, abbreviated Omicron Cet, ο Cet), is a red-giant star estimated to be 200–300 light-years from the Sun in the constellation Cetus. ο Ceti is a binary stellar system, consisting of a variable red giant (Mira A) along with a white dwarf companion .
Alpha Ceti (α Ceti, abbreviated Alpha Cet, α Cet), officially named Menkar / ˈ m ɛ ŋ k ɑːr /, [9] [10] is the second-brightest star in the constellation of Cetus. It is a cool luminous red giant estimated to be about 250 light years away based on parallax.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Cetus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes ...
Cetus or megakētēs (μεγακήτης) is commonly used as a ship's name [31] or figurehead denoting a ship unafraid of the sea or a ruthless pirate ship to be feared. Cetea were widely viewed as misfortune or bad omen by sailors widely influenced by the Mediterranean traditions such as the bringer of a great storm or general harbinger.
Eta Ceti (η Cet, η Ceti) is a star in the equatorial constellation of Cetus.It has the traditional name Deneb Algenubi or Algenudi. The apparent visual magnitude of this star is +3.4, [2] making it the fourth-brightest star in this otherwise relatively faint constellation.
The red giant π1 Gruis is 530 light-years away, and it's reaching the end of its natural life. Soon, scientists think it will become a planetary nebula. But before it dies, astronomers are using ...
Upsilon Ceti is an evolved red giant star with a stellar classification of M0III and is listed as a standard for that class. [4] The star has previously been classified as K5/M0III, [ 14 ] an interesting example of one of the "gaps" in the Morgan-Keenan classification system, with K6-9 often not used for giant stars or used only to indicate a ...