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