There are hundreds of stars in Cetus, but there are 13 main stars that connect its body together.
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Hundreds.See related link for a full list.
In the constellation Cetus, there are several red giant stars. These are stars that have exhausted their core hydrogen and expanded in size. One notable red giant in Cetus is Menkar, also known as Alpha Ceti.
Cetus is a constellation located in the southern sky, representing a sea monster in Greek mythology. It contains several notable stars, such as Menkar and Deneb Kaitos. Cetus also includes the famous variable star Mira.
The constellation Cetus is often associated with a sea monster or whale in Greek mythology. However, in terms of the arrangement of stars, Cetus does not form a clear shape or pattern like other constellations such as Orion or Ursa Major. It is more just a grouping of stars in the sky that people imagine to represent the sea monster.
Hundreds.See related link for a full list.
Hundreds.See related link for a full list.
The constellation of Cetus is traditionally described as depicting a whale.
In the constellation Cetus, there are several red giant stars. These are stars that have exhausted their core hydrogen and expanded in size. One notable red giant in Cetus is Menkar, also known as Alpha Ceti.
Cetus is a constellation located in the southern sky, representing a sea monster in Greek mythology. It contains several notable stars, such as Menkar and Deneb Kaitos. Cetus also includes the famous variable star Mira.
Cetus is believed to form the shape of a sea monster, nowadays a whale. You can make your own interpretation of the arrangement of the stars [See related link]
The constellation Cetus is often associated with a sea monster or whale in Greek mythology. However, in terms of the arrangement of stars, Cetus does not form a clear shape or pattern like other constellations such as Orion or Ursa Major. It is more just a grouping of stars in the sky that people imagine to represent the sea monster.
Cetus is a constellation in the northern sky. Its name refers to Cetus, a sea monster in Greek mythology, although it is often called 'the whale' today.
Cetus is a constellation in the sky, so its distance is not measured in terms of physical distance like we're used to here on Earth. It is located at a celestial coordinate in the sky, and is one of the nearest constellations to us in the Milky Way galaxy.
Adding to what Hilmas Zonneveld posted, Cetus is another constellation where Alpha (Menkar) is not the brightest star. Menacer is mag 2.4. The brightest is Beta Ceti, Deneb Kaitos or Diphda. Several stars are known as Deneb or have that word in their names. Deneb means 'tail'.
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Menkar (Alpha Ceti) is the alpha star in Cetus.