The brightest star in Cetus is Beta Ceti.
brightest star:north star nickname:dog star
the brightest star in a constellation is called the alpha star
Arcturus is the forth brightest star.
The brightest star in Orion is Rigel.
the brightest star in the heavens is Vega
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'.
Menkar (Alpha Ceti) is the alpha star in Cetus.
brightest star:north star nickname:dog star
The star Enif is the brightest in the constellation Pegasus.
the brightest star in a constellation is called the alpha star
sun is the brightest star in the galaxy
the brightest star in the heavens is Vega
The brightest star in Orion is Rigel.
The brightest star is yellow.
Arcturus is the forth brightest star.
Rigel is the brightest star in Orion, Betelgeuse is the 2nd brightest
The brightest star in Ursa Major is a star called Alioth.