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Available in 83 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-83" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">83 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-af mw-list-item"><a href="https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walvis_(sterrebeeld)" title="Walvis (sterrebeeld) – Afrikaans" lang="af" hreflang="af" data-title="Walvis (sterrebeeld)" data-language-autonym="Afrikaans" data-language-local-name="Afrikaans" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Afrikaans</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%B3_(%D9%83%D9%88%D9%83%D8%A8%D8%A9)" title="قيطس (كوكبة) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="قيطس (كوكبة)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balina_(b%C3%BCrc)" title="Balina (bürc) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Balina (bürc)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1i-ang-ch%C5%8D" title="Hái-ang-chō – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Hái-ang-chō" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D2%99%D0%BB%D0%BE%D2%A1)" title="Кит (йондоҙлоҡ) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Кит (йондоҙлоҡ)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%82_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%E2%80%99%D0%B5)" title="Кіт (сузор’е) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кіт (сузор’е)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%96%D1%82_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%E2%80%99%D0%B5)" title="Кіт (сузор’е) – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кіт (сузор’е)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D1%81%D1%8A%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Кит (съзвездие) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кит (съзвездие)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bo mw-list-item"><a href="https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%BD%93%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%80%E0%BE%B2%E0%BD%A0%E0%BD%B2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%A6%E0%BE%90%E0%BD%A2%E0%BC%8B%E0%BD%9A%E0%BD%BC%E0%BD%98%E0%BC%8B" title="ན་ཀྲའི་སྐར་ཚོམ་ – Tibetan" lang="bo" hreflang="bo" data-title="ན་ཀྲའི་སྐར་ཚོམ་" data-language-autonym="བོད་ཡིག" data-language-local-name="Tibetan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>བོད་ཡིག</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_(sazvije%C5%BE%C4%91e)" title="Kit (sazviježđe) – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Kit (sazviježđe)" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balum_(steredeg)" title="Balum (steredeg) – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Balum (steredeg)" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constel%C2%B7laci%C3%B3_de_la_Balena" title="Constel·lació de la Balena – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Constel·lació de la Balena" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Souhv%C4%9Bzd%C3%AD_Velryby" title="Souhvězdí Velryby – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Souhvězdí Velryby" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-co mw-list-item"><a href="https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Corsican" lang="co" hreflang="co" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Corsu" data-language-local-name="Corsican" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Corsu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvalfisken" title="Hvalfisken – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Hvalfisken" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walfisch_(Sternbild)" title="Walfisch (Sternbild) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Walfisch (Sternbild)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaal_(t%C3%A4htkuju)" title="Vaal (tähtkuju) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vaal (tähtkuju)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AE%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%82_(%CE%B1%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CF%8C%CF%82)" title="Κήτος (αστερισμός) – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κήτος (αστερισμός)" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleno_(konstelacio)" title="Baleno (konstelacio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Baleno (konstelacio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(konstelazioa)" title="Cetus (konstelazioa) – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Cetus (konstelazioa)" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%87%D9%86%DA%AF_(%D8%B5%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D9%81%D9%84%DA%A9%DB%8C)" title="نهنگ (صورت فلکی) – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="نهنگ (صورت فلکی)" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleine_(constellation)" title="Baleine (constellation) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Baleine (constellation)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_M%C3%ADol_M%C3%B3r" title="An Míol Mór – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="An Míol Mór" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balea_(constelaci%C3%B3n)" title="Balea (constelación) – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Balea (constelación)" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%AEn-%C7%B9g-chho" title="Kîn-ǹg-chho – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="Kîn-ǹg-chho" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EB%9E%98%EC%9E%90%EB%A6%AC" title="고래자리 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="고래자리" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BF%D5%A5%D5%BF_(%D5%B0%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A9%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%B6)" title="Կետ (համաստեղություն) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Կետ (համաստեղություն)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%9F%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%B2" title="सीटस तारामंडल – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="सीटस तारामंडल" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_(zvije%C5%BE%C4%91e)" title="Kit (zviježđe) – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kit (zviježđe)" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvalurinn" title="Hvalurinn – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Hvalurinn" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balena_(costellazione)" title="Balena (costellazione) – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Balena (costellazione)" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%AA%D7%9F_(%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%AA_%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9D)" title="לווייתן (קבוצת כוכבים) – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="לווייתן (קבוצת כוכבים)" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%90%E1%83%9E%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%97%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A1%E1%83%99%E1%83%95%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%94%E1%83%93%E1%83%98" title="ვეშაპის თანავარსკვლავედი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ვეშაპის თანავარსკვლავედი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(ranneves)" title="Cetus (ranneves) – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Cetus (ranneves)" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketusi_(kundinyota)" title="Ketusi (kundinyota) – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Ketusi (kundinyota)" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(constellatio)" title="Cetus (constellatio) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Cetus (constellatio)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valis_(zvaigzn%C4%81js)" title="Valis (zvaigznājs) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Valis (zvaigznājs)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(St%C3%A4rebild)" title="Cetus (Stärebild) – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Cetus (Stärebild)" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banginis_(%C5%BEvaig%C5%BEdynas)" title="Banginis (žvaigždynas) – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Banginis (žvaigždynas)" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cet_csillagk%C3%A9p" title="Cet csillagkép – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Cet csillagkép" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D1%81%D0%BE%D1%95%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Кит (соѕвездие) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Кит (соѕвездие)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%95%E0%B5%87%E0%B4%A4%E0%B4%B5%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D" title="കേതവസ് – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="കേതവസ്" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B2" title="तिमिंगल – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="तिमिंगल" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B3" title="سيتاس – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="سيتاس" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paus_(buruj)" title="Paus (buruj) – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Paus (buruj)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C4%ADng-ng%E1%B9%B3%CC%80-c%C3%B4%CC%A4" title="Gĭng-ngṳ̀-cô̤ – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="Gĭng-ngṳ̀-cô̤" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%85%E1%80%AE%E1%80%90%E1%80%95%E1%80%BA_(%E1%80%80%E1%80%BC%E1%80%9A%E1%80%BA%E1%80%85%E1%80%AF%E1%80%90%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8)" title="စီတပ် (ကြယ်စုတန်း) – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="စီတပ် (ကြယ်စုတန်း)" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walvis_(sterrenbeeld)" title="Walvis (sterrenbeeld) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Walvis (sterrenbeeld)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%8F%E3%81%98%E3%82%89%E5%BA%A7" title="くじら座 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="くじら座" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waalfask_(st%C3%A4%C3%A4rbil)" title="Waalfask (stäärbil) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Waalfask (stäärbil)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hvalfisken" title="Hvalfisken – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Hvalfisken" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvalfisken" title="Kvalfisken – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Kvalfisken" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balena_(constellacion)" title="Balena (constellacion) – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Balena (constellacion)" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_(yulduz_turkumi)" title="Kit (yulduz turkumi) – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Kit (yulduz turkumi)" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwiazdozbi%C3%B3r_Wieloryba" title="Gwiazdozbiór Wieloryba – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Gwiazdozbiór Wieloryba" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balena_(constela%C8%9Bie)" title="Balena (constelație) – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Balena (constelație)" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B5)" title="Кит (созвездие) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кит (созвездие)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%83%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D1%80_%D0%B1%D3%A9%D0%BB%D3%A9%D1%85%D1%82%D3%A9%D1%80%D3%A9)" title="Кит (сулустар бөлөхтөрө) – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="Кит (сулустар бөлөхтөрө)" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ve%C4%BEryba_(s%C3%BAhvezdie)" title="Veľryba (súhvezdie) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Veľryba (súhvezdie)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_(ozvezdje)" title="Kit (ozvezdje) – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Kit (ozvezdje)" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%B6%D1%92%D0%B5)" title="Кит (сазвежђе) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Кит (сазвежђе)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_(zvije%C5%BE%C4%91e)" title="Kit (zviježđe) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kit (zviježđe)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valaskala" title="Valaskala – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Valaskala" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valfisken_(stj%C3%A4rnbild)" title="Valfisken (stjärnbild) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Valfisken (stjärnbild)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B8%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%AA" title="กลุ่มดาวซีตัส – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="กลุ่มดาวซีตัส" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus_(tak%C4%B1my%C4%B1ld%C4%B1z)" title="Cetus (takımyıldız) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Cetus (takımyıldız)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%96%D1%80%27%D1%8F)" title="Кит (сузір'я) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Кит (сузір'я)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%B7%D8%B3" title="قیطس – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="قیطس" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%ACnh_Ng%C6%B0" title="Kình Ngư – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Kình Ngư" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cetus" title="Cetus – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="Cetus" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B2%B8%E9%B1%BC%E5%BA%A7" title="鲸鱼座 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="鲸鱼座" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AF%A8%E9%AD%9A%E5%BA%A7" title="鯨魚座 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="鯨魚座" data-language-autonym="粵語" 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For other uses, see <a href="/wiki/Cetus_(disambiguation)" class="mw-disambig" title="Cetus (disambiguation)">Cetus (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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href="/wiki/File:Cetus_IAU.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Cetus"><img alt="Cetus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cetus_IAU.svg/290px-Cetus_IAU.svg.png" decoding="async" width="290" height="253" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cetus_IAU.svg/435px-Cetus_IAU.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Cetus_IAU.svg/580px-Cetus_IAU.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="522" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Cetus" title="List of stars in Cetus">List of stars in Cetus</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Abbreviation</th><td class="infobox-data">Cet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Genitive_case" title="Genitive case">Genitive</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Ceti</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pronunciation</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>, genitive <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span></span>/</a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Symbolism</th><td class="infobox-data">the <a href="/wiki/Whale" title="Whale">Whale</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shark" title="Shark">Shark</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Sea_Monster" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea Monster">Sea Monster</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Right_ascension" title="Right ascension">Right ascension</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap">00<sup>h</sup> 26<sup>m</sup> 22.2486<sup>s</sup></span>–<span class="nowrap">03<sup>h</sup> 23<sup>m</sup> 47.1487<sup>s</sup></span><sup id="cite_ref-boundary_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boundary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Declination" title="Declination">Declination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">10.5143948°–−24.8725095°<sup id="cite_ref-boundary_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-boundary-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/88_modern_constellations_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="88 modern constellations by area">Area</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1231 sq. deg. (<a href="/wiki/88_modern_constellations_by_area" class="mw-redirect" title="88 modern constellations by area">4th</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Asterism_(astronomy)" title="Asterism (astronomy)">Main stars</a></th><td class="infobox-data">14</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bayer_designation" title="Bayer designation">Bayer</a>/<a href="/wiki/Flamsteed_designation" title="Flamsteed designation">Flamsteed</a><br />stars</th><td class="infobox-data">88</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stars with <a href="/wiki/Exoplanet" title="Exoplanet">planets</a></th><td class="infobox-data">23</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stars brighter than 3.00<sup>m</sup></th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly)</th><td class="infobox-data">9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Brightest star</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Beta_Ceti" title="Beta Ceti">Diphda (β Cet)</a> (2.02<sup><a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">m</a></sup>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Messier_object" title="Messier object">Messier objects</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Meteor_shower" title="Meteor shower">Meteor showers</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=October_Cetids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="October Cetids (page does not exist)">October Cetids</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Eta_Cetids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eta Cetids (page does not exist)">Eta Cetids</a><br /><a href="/w/index.php?title=Omicron_Cetids&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Omicron Cetids (page does not exist)">Omicron Cetids</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Bordering<br />constellations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Aries_(constellation)" title="Aries (constellation)">Aries</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Pisces_(constellation)" title="Pisces (constellation)">Pisces</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(constellation)" title="Aquarius (constellation)">Aquarius</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sculptor_(constellation)" title="Sculptor (constellation)">Sculptor</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Fornax" title="Fornax">Fornax</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Eridanus_(constellation)" title="Eridanus (constellation)">Eridanus</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Taurus_(constellation)" title="Taurus (constellation)">Taurus</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="font-size: smaller;"><b>Visible at latitudes between +<a href="/wiki/70th_parallel_north" title="70th parallel north">70</a>° and −<a href="/wiki/South_Pole" title="South Pole">90</a>°.</b><br /><b>Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of <span style="font-size:120%">November</span>.</b><br /><b>Note:</b> †<a href="/wiki/Mira" title="Mira">Mira</a> (ο Cet) is magnitude 2.0 at its brightest.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Cetus</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span></span>/</a></span></span>) is a <a href="/wiki/Constellation" title="Constellation">constellation</a>, sometimes called 'the <a href="/wiki/Whale" title="Whale">whale</a>' in English. The <a href="/wiki/Cetus_(mythology)" title="Cetus (mythology)">Cetus</a> was a <a href="/wiki/Sea_monster" title="Sea monster">sea monster</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a> which both <a href="/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus">Perseus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a> needed to slay. Cetus is in the region of the sky that contains other water-related constellations: <a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(constellation)" title="Aquarius (constellation)">Aquarius</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pisces_(constellation)" title="Pisces (constellation)">Pisces</a> and <a href="/wiki/Eridanus_(constellation)" title="Eridanus (constellation)">Eridanus</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cetus&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CetusCC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/CetusCC.jpg/220px-CetusCC.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/CetusCC.jpg/330px-CetusCC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/CetusCC.jpg/440px-CetusCC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="429" /></a><figcaption>Cetus annotated with lines (a "stick figure") from a latitude further north (north of its declination), above a horizon, in conditions ideal for observation.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ecliptic">Ecliptic</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cetus&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Ecliptic"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Cetus is not among the 12 true <a href="/wiki/Zodiac" title="Zodiac">zodiac</a> constellations in the <a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">J2000 epoch</a>, nor classical 12-part zodiac. The <a href="/wiki/Ecliptic" title="Ecliptic">ecliptic</a> passes less than 0.25° from one of its corners. Thus the Moon and planets will enter Cetus (occulting any stars as a foreground object) in 50% of their successive orbits briefly and the southern part of the Sun appears in Cetus for about one day each year. Many asteroids in belts have longer phases occulting the north-western part of Cetus, those with a slightly greater <a href="/wiki/Inclination" class="mw-redirect" title="Inclination">inclination</a> to the ecliptic than the Moon and planets. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Astronomy_on_Mars#Celestial_poles_and_ecliptic" title="Astronomy on Mars">As seen from Mars</a>, the ecliptic (apparent plane of the Sun and also the average plane of the planets which is almost the same) passes into it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stars">Stars</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cetus&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Stars"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Cetus" title="List of stars in Cetus">List of stars in Cetus</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Mira" title="Mira">Mira</a> ("wonderful", <a href="/wiki/Bayer_designation" title="Bayer designation">named by Bayer</a>: <a href="/wiki/Omicron_Ceti" class="mw-redirect" title="Omicron Ceti">Omicron Ceti</a>, a star of the neck of the asterism) was the first <a href="/wiki/Variable_star" title="Variable star">variable star</a> to be discovered and the prototype of <a href="/wiki/Mira_variable" title="Mira variable">its class, Mira variables</a>. Over a period of 332 days, it reaches a maximum <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">apparent magnitude</a> of 3 - visible to the naked eye - and dips to a minimum magnitude of 10, invisible to the unaided eye. Its seeming appearance and disappearance gave it its name. Mira <a href="/wiki/Pulsating_variable" class="mw-redirect" title="Pulsating variable">pulsates</a> with a minimum size of 400 solar diameters and a maximum size of 500 solar diameters. 420 light-years from Earth, it was discovered by <a href="/wiki/David_Fabricius" title="David Fabricius">David Fabricius</a> in 1596.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001114–116_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001114–116-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Alpha_Ceti" title="Alpha Ceti">α Ceti</a>, traditionally called Menkar ("the nose"), is a red-hued giant star of magnitude 2.5, 220 light-years from Earth. It is a wide <a href="/wiki/Double_star" title="Double star">double star</a>; the secondary is <a href="/wiki/93_Ceti" class="mw-redirect" title="93 Ceti">93 Ceti</a>, a blue-white hued star of magnitude 5.6, 440 light-years away. <a href="/wiki/Beta_Ceti" title="Beta Ceti">β Ceti</a>, also called Deneb Kaitos and Diphda is the brightest star in Cetus. It is an orange-hued giant star of magnitude 2.0, 96 light-years from Earth. The traditional name "Deneb Kaitos" means "the whale's tail". <a href="/wiki/Gamma_Ceti" title="Gamma Ceti">γ Ceti</a>, Kaffaljidhma ("head of the whale") is a very close double star. The primary is a blue-hued star of magnitude 3.5, 82 light-years from Earth, and the secondary is an F-type star of magnitude 6.6.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001114–116_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001114–116-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tau_Ceti" title="Tau Ceti">Tau Ceti</a> is noted for being a near <a href="/wiki/Sun-like_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun-like star">Sun-like star</a> at a distance of 11.9 light-years. It is a yellow-hued <a href="/wiki/Main-sequence_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Main-sequence star">main-sequence star</a> of magnitude 3.5. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=AA_Ceti&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="AA Ceti (page does not exist)">AA Ceti</a> is a triple <a href="/wiki/Star_system" title="Star system">star system</a>; the brightest member has a magnitude of 6.2. The primary and secondary are separated by 8.4 arcseconds at an angle of 304 degrees. The tertiary is not visible in telescopes. AA Ceti is an eclipsing variable star; the tertiary star passes in front of the primary and causes the system's apparent magnitude to decrease by 0.5 magnitudes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevy200567_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELevy200567-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/UV_Ceti" class="mw-redirect" title="UV Ceti">UV Ceti</a> is an unusual binary variable star. At 8.7 light-years from Earth, the system consists of two <a href="/wiki/Red_dwarfs" class="mw-redirect" title="Red dwarfs">red dwarfs</a>. Both of magnitude 13. One of the stars is a <a href="/wiki/Flare_star" title="Flare star">flare star</a>, which are prone to sudden, random outbursts that last several minutes; these increase the pair's apparent brightness significantly - as high as magnitude 7.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001114–116_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001114–116-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Deep-sky_objects">Deep-sky objects</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cetus&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Deep-sky objects"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Messier_77_spiral_galaxy_by_HST.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Messier_77_spiral_galaxy_by_HST.jpg/220px-Messier_77_spiral_galaxy_by_HST.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="173" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Messier_77_spiral_galaxy_by_HST.jpg/330px-Messier_77_spiral_galaxy_by_HST.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Messier_77_spiral_galaxy_by_HST.jpg/440px-Messier_77_spiral_galaxy_by_HST.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2948" data-file-height="2321" /></a><figcaption>Messier 77 spiral galaxy - HST (Hubble Space Telescope).<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Himmelsglob,_1602_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_102439.tif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Himmelsglob%2C_1602_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_102439.tif/lossy-page1-220px-Himmelsglob%2C_1602_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_102439.tif.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Himmelsglob%2C_1602_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_102439.tif/lossy-page1-330px-Himmelsglob%2C_1602_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_102439.tif.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Himmelsglob%2C_1602_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_102439.tif/lossy-page1-440px-Himmelsglob%2C_1602_-_Skoklosters_slott_-_102439.tif.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4566" data-file-height="3653" /></a><figcaption>Cetus by Willem Blaeu, 1602.</figcaption></figure> <p>Cetus lies far from the <a href="/wiki/Galactic_plane" title="Galactic plane">galactic plane</a>, so that many distant <a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">galaxies</a> are visible, unobscured by dust from the <a href="/wiki/Milky_Way" title="Milky Way">Milky Way</a>. Of these, the brightest is <a href="/wiki/Messier_77" title="Messier 77">Messier 77</a> (NGC 1068), a 9th magnitude <a href="/wiki/Spiral_galaxy" title="Spiral galaxy">spiral galaxy</a> near <a href="/wiki/Delta_Ceti" title="Delta Ceti">Delta Ceti</a>. It appears face-on and has a clearly visible nucleus of magnitude 10. About 50 million light-years from Earth, M77 is also a <a href="/wiki/Seyfert_galaxy" title="Seyfert galaxy">Seyfert galaxy</a> and thus a bright object in the <a href="/wiki/Radio_spectrum" title="Radio spectrum">radio spectrum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001114–116_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERidpathTirion2001114–116-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Recently, the galactic cluster <a href="/wiki/JKCS_041" title="JKCS 041">JKCS 041</a> was confirmed to be the most distant <a href="/wiki/Cluster_of_galaxies" class="mw-redirect" title="Cluster of galaxies">cluster of galaxies</a> yet discovered.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Pisces%E2%80%93Cetus_Supercluster_Complex" title="Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex">Pisces–Cetus Supercluster Complex</a> is a galaxy filament that is one of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cosmic_structures" title="List of largest cosmic structures">largest known structures</a> in the observable Universe; it contains the <a href="/wiki/Virgo_supercluster" class="mw-redirect" title="Virgo supercluster">Virgo supercluster</a> which contains the <a href="/wiki/Local_Group" title="Local Group">Local Group</a> of Milky Way and other galaxies.<sup id="cite_ref-tully86_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tully86-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The massive <a href="/wiki/CD_galaxy" class="mw-redirect" title="CD galaxy">cD galaxy</a> <a href="/wiki/Holmberg_15A" title="Holmberg 15A">Holmberg 15A</a> is also found in Cetus; as are the spiral galaxy <a href="/wiki/NGC_1042" title="NGC 1042">NGC 1042</a>, the elliptical galaxy <a href="/wiki/NGC_1052" title="NGC 1052">NGC 1052</a> and the ultra-diffuse galaxy <a href="/wiki/NGC_1052-DF2" title="NGC 1052-DF2">NGC 1052-DF2</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/IC_1613" title="IC 1613">IC 1613</a> (<a href="/wiki/Caldwell_catalog" class="mw-redirect" title="Caldwell catalog">Caldwell</a> 51) is an irregular <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_galaxy" title="Dwarf galaxy">dwarf galaxy</a> near the star 26 Ceti and is a member of the Local Group. </p><p><a href="/wiki/NGC_246" title="NGC 246">NGC 246</a> (Caldwell 56), also called the "Cetus Ring",<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Planetary_nebula" title="Planetary nebula">planetary nebula</a> with a magnitude of 8.0 at 1600 light-years from Earth. Among some amateur astronomers, NGC 246 has garnered the nickname "Pac-Man Nebula" because of the arrangement of its central stars and the surrounding star field.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELevy2005129_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELevy2005129-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Wolf%E2%80%93Lundmark%E2%80%93Melotte" title="Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte">Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte</a> (WLM) is a barred irregular galaxy discovered in 1909 by <a href="/wiki/Max_Wolf" title="Max Wolf">Max Wolf</a>, located on the outer edges of the Local Group. The discovery of the nature of the galaxy was accredited to <a href="/wiki/Knut_Lundmark" title="Knut Lundmark">Knut Lundmark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Philibert_Jacques_Melotte" title="Philibert Jacques Melotte">Philibert Jacques Melotte</a> in 1926. </p><p>UGC 1646, which is a spiral galaxy, also lies between the borders of the constellation. It is about 150 million light-years away from us. It can be seen near TYC 43-234-1 star.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hubble_explores_explosive_aftermath_in_NGC_298_(potw2322a).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Hubble_explores_explosive_aftermath_in_NGC_298_%28potw2322a%29.jpg/220px-Hubble_explores_explosive_aftermath_in_NGC_298_%28potw2322a%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="171" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Hubble_explores_explosive_aftermath_in_NGC_298_%28potw2322a%29.jpg/330px-Hubble_explores_explosive_aftermath_in_NGC_298_%28potw2322a%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Hubble_explores_explosive_aftermath_in_NGC_298_%28potw2322a%29.jpg/440px-Hubble_explores_explosive_aftermath_in_NGC_298_%28potw2322a%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3694" data-file-height="2865" /></a><figcaption>The spiral galaxy NGC 298 basks in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 298 lies around 89 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus, and appears isolated in this image — only a handful of distant galaxies and foreground stars accompany the lonely galaxy.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History_and_mythology">History and mythology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cetus&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: History and mythology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Psalterium_Georgii,_Fluvius_Eridanus,_Cetus,_Officina_Sculptoris,_Fornax_Chemica,_and_Machina_Electrica.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Psalterium_Georgii%2C_Fluvius_Eridanus%2C_Cetus%2C_Officina_Sculptoris%2C_Fornax_Chemica%2C_and_Machina_Electrica.jpg/220px-Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Psalterium_Georgii%2C_Fluvius_Eridanus%2C_Cetus%2C_Officina_Sculptoris%2C_Fornax_Chemica%2C_and_Machina_Electrica.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="152" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Psalterium_Georgii%2C_Fluvius_Eridanus%2C_Cetus%2C_Officina_Sculptoris%2C_Fornax_Chemica%2C_and_Machina_Electrica.jpg/330px-Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Psalterium_Georgii%2C_Fluvius_Eridanus%2C_Cetus%2C_Officina_Sculptoris%2C_Fornax_Chemica%2C_and_Machina_Electrica.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Psalterium_Georgii%2C_Fluvius_Eridanus%2C_Cetus%2C_Officina_Sculptoris%2C_Fornax_Chemica%2C_and_Machina_Electrica.jpg/440px-Sidney_Hall_-_Urania%27s_Mirror_-_Psalterium_Georgii%2C_Fluvius_Eridanus%2C_Cetus%2C_Officina_Sculptoris%2C_Fornax_Chemica%2C_and_Machina_Electrica.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3637" data-file-height="2520" /></a><figcaption>Cetus dominates this card from <i><a href="/wiki/Urania%27s_Mirror" title="Urania's Mirror">Urania's Mirror</a></i> (1825) as if looking up towards the celestial sphere (east is left of frame). Uses the modern custom: celestial maps to be held skywards while facing south.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_23.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_23.jpg/220px-Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_23.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_23.jpg/330px-Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_23.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_23.jpg/440px-Alexander_Jamieson_Celestial_Atlas-Plate_23.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2750" data-file-height="2347" /></a><figcaption>An alike depiction from <i>Celestial Atlas</i> (A. Jamieson) (1822)</figcaption></figure> <p>Cetus may have originally been associated with a <a href="/wiki/Whale" title="Whale">whale</a>, which would have had mythic status amongst Mesopotamian cultures. It is often now called the Whale, though it is most strongly associated with <a href="/wiki/Cetus_(mythology)" title="Cetus (mythology)">Cetus the sea-monster</a>, who was slain by <a href="/wiki/Perseus" title="Perseus">Perseus</a> as he saved the princess <a href="/wiki/Andromeda_(mythology)" title="Andromeda (mythology)">Andromeda</a> from <a href="/wiki/Poseidon" title="Poseidon">Poseidon</a>'s wrath. It is in the middle of "The Sea" recognised by mythologists, a set of water-associated constellations, its other members being <a href="/wiki/Eridanus_(constellation)" title="Eridanus (constellation)">Eridanus</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pisces_(constellation)" title="Pisces (constellation)">Pisces</a>, <a href="/wiki/Piscis_Austrinus" title="Piscis Austrinus">Piscis Austrinus</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aquarius_(constellation)" title="Aquarius (constellation)">Aquarius</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-staal_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staal-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cetus has been depicted in many ways throughout its history. In the 17th century, Cetus was depicted as a "dragon fish" by <a href="/wiki/Johann_Bayer" title="Johann Bayer">Johann Bayer</a>, while both <a href="/wiki/Willem_Blaeu" title="Willem Blaeu">Willem Blaeu</a> and <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Cellarius" title="Andreas Cellarius">Andreas Cellarius</a> depicted Cetus as a whale-like creature in the same century. However, Cetus has also been variously depicted with animal heads attached to a piscine body.<sup id="cite_ref-staal_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staal-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_global_astronomy">In global astronomy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cetus&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: In global astronomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In <a href="/wiki/Chinese_astronomy" title="Chinese astronomy">Chinese astronomy</a>, the stars of Cetus are found among two areas: the <a href="/wiki/Black_Tortoise" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Tortoise">Black Tortoise of the North</a> (北方玄武, <i>Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ</i>) and the <a href="/wiki/White_Tiger_(Chinese_astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="White Tiger (Chinese astronomy)">White Tiger of the West</a> (西方白虎, <i>Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ</i>). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tukano" class="mw-redirect" title="Tukano">Tukano</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kobeua_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Kobeua people">Kobeua people</a> of the Amazon used the stars of Cetus to create a <a href="/wiki/Jaguar" title="Jaguar">jaguar</a>, representing the god of hurricanes and other violent storms. Lambda, Mu, Xi, Nu, Gamma, and Alpha Ceti represented its head; Omicron, Zeta, and Chi Ceti represented its body; Eta Eri, Tau Cet, and Upsilon Cet marked its legs and feet; and Theta, Eta, and Beta Ceti delineated its tail.<sup id="cite_ref-staal_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-staal-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaii</a>, the constellation was called <i>Na Kuhi</i>, and Mira (Omicron Ceti) may have been called <i>Kane</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMakemson1941281_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMakemson1941281-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Namesakes">Namesakes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cetus&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Namesakes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/USS_Cetus_(AK-77)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Cetus (AK-77)">USS Cetus (AK-77)</a> was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Crater_class_cargo_ship" class="mw-redirect" title="Crater class cargo ship">Crater class cargo ship</a> named after the constellation. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cetus&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cetus_(Chinese_astronomy)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetus (Chinese astronomy)">Cetus (Chinese astronomy)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Book_of_Jonah" title="Book of Jonah">Book of Jonah</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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title="Gamma Ceti">γ (Kaffaljidhma)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delta_Ceti" title="Delta Ceti">δ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Epsilon_Ceti" title="Epsilon Ceti">ε</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeta_Ceti" title="Zeta Ceti">ζ (Baten Kaitos)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eta_Ceti" title="Eta Ceti">η</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theta_Ceti" title="Theta Ceti">θ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iota_Ceti" title="Iota Ceti">ι</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kappa1_Ceti" title="Kappa1 Ceti">κ<sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kappa2_Ceti" title="Kappa2 Ceti">κ<sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lambda_Ceti" title="Lambda Ceti">λ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mu_Ceti" title="Mu Ceti">μ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nu_Ceti" title="Nu Ceti">ν</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi1_Ceti" title="Xi1 Ceti">ξ<sup>1</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Xi2_Ceti" title="Xi2 Ceti">ξ<sup>2</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mira" title="Mira">ο (Mira)</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mira_A" class="mw-redirect" title="Mira 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href="/wiki/1_Ceti" title="1 Ceti">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2_Ceti" title="2 Ceti">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3_Ceti" title="3 Ceti">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/6_Ceti" title="6 Ceti">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7_Ceti" title="7 Ceti">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9_Ceti" title="9 Ceti">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/13_Ceti" title="13 Ceti">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/14_Ceti" title="14 Ceti">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/20_Ceti" title="20 Ceti">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/46_Ceti" title="46 Ceti">46</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/49_Ceti" title="49 Ceti">49</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/56_Ceti" title="56 Ceti">56 (υ<sup>1</sup>)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/63_Ceti" title="63 Ceti">63</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/64_Ceti" title="64 Ceti">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/69_Ceti" title="69 Ceti">69</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/75_Ceti" title="75 Ceti">75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/77_Ceti" title="77 Ceti">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/79_Ceti" title="79 Ceti">79</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81_Ceti" title="81 Ceti">81</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/84_Ceti" title="84 Ceti">84</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94_Ceti" title="94 Ceti">94</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/25_Arietis" title="25 Arietis">25 Ari</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Variable_star_designation" class="mw-redirect" title="Variable star designation">Variable</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/T_Ceti" title="T Ceti">T</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_65" title="Gliese 65">UV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/YZ_Ceti" title="YZ Ceti">YZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ross_548" title="Ross 548">ZZ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/AY_Ceti" class="mw-redirect" title="AY Ceti">AY</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_65" title="Gliese 65">BL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_9289" title="HD 9289">BW</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_12039" title="HD 12039">DK</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Bright_Star_Catalogue" title="Bright Star Catalogue">HR</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_256" title="HD 256">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_1461" title="HD 1461">72</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_3443" title="HD 3443">159</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_4732" title="HD 4732">228</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_10550" title="HD 10550">500</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_14214" title="HD 14214">672</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_18262" title="HD 18262">870</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Henry_Draper_Catalogue" title="Henry Draper Catalogue">HD</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/HD_984" title="HD 984">984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_1690" title="HD 1690">1690</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_2638" title="HD 2638">2638</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_4747" title="HD 4747">4747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_5319" title="HD 5319">5319</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_6718" title="HD 6718">6718</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_7449" title="HD 7449">7449</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_11506" title="HD 11506">11506</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_11964" title="HD 11964">11964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_15115" title="HD 15115">15115</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_11915" title="HIP 11915">16008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_224693" title="HD 224693">224693 (Axólotl)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2MASS_J01225093%E2%88%922439505" title="2MASS J01225093−2439505">2MASS J01225093−2439505</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BD-07_436" title="BD-07 436">BD-07 436</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BD%E2%88%9217_63" title="BD−17 63">BD−17 63 (Felixvarela)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cayrel%27s_Star" title="Cayrel's Star">Cayrel's Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CFBDS_J005910.90%E2%80%93011401.3" title="CFBDS J005910.90–011401.3">CFBDS J005910.90–011401.3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DENIS-P_J020529.0%E2%88%92115925" title="DENIS-P J020529.0−115925">DENIS-P J020529.0−115925</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GD_40" title="GD 40">GD 40</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_65" title="Gliese 65">Gliese 65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_105" title="Gliese 105">Gliese 105</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GJ_1002" title="GJ 1002">GJ 1002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GJ_1005" title="GJ 1005">GJ 1005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_5158" title="HIP 5158">HIP 5158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_11952" title="HIP 11952">HIP 11952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LHS_1140" title="LHS 1140">LHS 1140</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_156" title="NGC 156">NGC 156</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_158" title="NGC 158">NGC 158</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_302" title="NGC 302">NGC 302</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_308" title="NGC 308">NGC 308</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_310" title="NGC 310">NGC 310</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSR_J0108%E2%88%921431" title="PSR J0108−1431">PSR J0108−1431</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SDSS_J001820.5%E2%88%92093939.2" title="SDSS J001820.5−093939.2">SDSS J001820.5−093939.2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SDSS_J0106%E2%88%921000" title="SDSS J0106−1000">SDSS J0106−1000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ULAS_J003402.77%E2%88%92005206.7" title="ULAS J003402.77−005206.7">ULAS J003402.77−005206.7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WD_J2356%E2%88%92209" title="WD J2356−209">WD J2356−209</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-20" title="WASP-20">WASP-20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-26" title="WASP-26">WASP-26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-44" title="WASP-44">WASP-44</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BD%2B00_316" title="BD+00 316">WASP-71 (Mpingo)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WISE_J0254%2B0223" title="WISE J0254+0223">WISE J0254+0223</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WHL0137-LS" title="WHL0137-LS">WHL0137-LS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Exoplanets14" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Exoplanet" title="Exoplanet">Exoplanets</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/79_Ceti_b" title="79 Ceti b">79 Ceti b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/81_Ceti_b" title="81 Ceti b">81 Ceti b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/94_Ceti_b" title="94 Ceti b">94 Ceti b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BD%E2%88%9217_63_b" title="BD−17 63 b">BD−17 63 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_1461_b" title="HD 1461 b">HD 1461 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_2638_b" title="HD 2638 b">HD 2638 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_5319_b" title="HD 5319 b">HD 5319 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_11506_b" title="HD 11506 b">HD 11506 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_11506_c" title="HD 11506 c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_11964_b" title="HD 11964 b">HD 11964 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_11964_c" title="HD 11964 c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_224693_b" title="HD 224693 b">HD 224693 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_5158_b" title="HIP 5158 b">HIP 5158 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_5158_c" title="HIP 5158 c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_11915_b" title="HIP 11915 b">HIP 11915 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tau_Ceti_e" title="Tau Ceti e">τ Ceti e</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tau_Ceti_f" title="Tau Ceti f">f</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Nebulae11" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:151px;background: #ddddff;"><a href="/wiki/Nebula" title="Nebula">Nebulae</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NGC_246" title="NGC 246">NGC 246</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:55px"><a href="/wiki/Galaxy" title="Galaxy">Galaxies</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/Messier_object" title="Messier object">Messier</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Messier_77" title="Messier 77">77</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px"><a href="/wiki/New_General_Catalogue" title="New General Catalogue">NGC</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NGC_17" title="NGC 17">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_35" title="NGC 35">35</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_45" title="NGC 45">45</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_47" title="NGC 47">47</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_50" title="NGC 50">50</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_54" title="NGC 54">54</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_59" title="NGC 59">59</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_61" title="NGC 61">61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_62" title="NGC 62">62</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_64" title="NGC 64">64</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_65" title="NGC 65">65</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_66" title="NGC 66">66</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_73" title="NGC 73">73</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_77" title="NGC 77">77</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_102" title="NGC 102">102</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_107" title="NGC 107">107</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_113" title="NGC 113">113</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_114" title="NGC 114">114</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_116" title="NGC 116">116</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_117" title="NGC 117">117</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_118" title="NGC 118">118</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_120" title="NGC 120">120</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_124" title="NGC 124">124</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_132" title="NGC 132">132</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_135" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 135">135</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_142" class="mw-redirect" title="NGC 142">142</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_143" title="NGC 143">143</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_144" title="NGC 144">144</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_145" title="NGC 145">145</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_151" title="NGC 151">151</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_154" title="NGC 154">154</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_155" title="NGC 155">155</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_157" title="NGC 157">157</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_161" title="NGC 161">161</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_163" title="NGC 163">163</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_165" title="NGC 165">165</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_166" title="NGC 166">166</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_167" title="NGC 167">167</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_168" title="NGC 168">168</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_170" title="NGC 170">170</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_171" title="NGC 171">171</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_172" title="NGC 172">172</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_173" title="NGC 173">173</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_177" title="NGC 177">177</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_178" title="NGC 178">178</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_179" title="NGC 179">179</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_187" title="NGC 187">187</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_191" title="NGC 191">191</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_192" title="NGC 192">192</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_195" title="NGC 195">195</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_196" title="NGC 196">196</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_197" title="NGC 197">197</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_201" title="NGC 201">201</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_207" title="NGC 207">207</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_209" title="NGC 209">209</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_210" title="NGC 210">210</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_216" title="NGC 216">216</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_217" title="NGC 217">217</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_219" title="NGC 219">219</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_223" title="NGC 223">223</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_227" title="NGC 227">227</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_230" title="NGC 230">230</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_232" title="NGC 232">232</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_235" title="NGC 235">235</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_237" title="NGC 237">237</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_239" title="NGC 239">239</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_244" title="NGC 244">244</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_245" title="NGC 245">245</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_247" title="NGC 247">247</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_255" title="NGC 255">255</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_259" title="NGC 259">259</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_263" title="NGC 263">263</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_268" title="NGC 268">268</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_270" title="NGC 270">270</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_271" title="NGC 271">271</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_273" title="NGC 273">273</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_274" title="NGC 274">274</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_275" title="NGC 275">275</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_276" title="NGC 276">276</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_277" title="NGC 277">277</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_279" title="NGC 279">279</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_283" title="NGC 283">283</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_284" title="NGC 284">284</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_285" title="NGC 285">285</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_286" title="NGC 286">286</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_291" title="NGC 291">291</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_293" title="NGC 293">293</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_297" title="NGC 297">297</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_298" title="NGC 298">298</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_301" title="NGC 301">301</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_303" title="NGC 303">303</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_307" title="NGC 307">307</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_309" title="NGC 309">309</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_320" title="NGC 320">320</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_321" title="NGC 321">321</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_325" title="NGC 325">325</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_327" title="NGC 327">327</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_329" title="NGC 329">329</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_331" title="NGC 331">331</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_333" title="NGC 333">333</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_335" title="NGC 335">335</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_336" title="NGC 336">336</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_337" title="NGC 337">337</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_340" title="NGC 340">340</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_341" title="NGC 341">341</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_342" title="NGC 342">342</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_343" title="NGC 343">343</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_344" title="NGC 344">344</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_345" title="NGC 345">345</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_347" title="NGC 347">347</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_349" title="NGC 349">349</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_350" title="NGC 350">350</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_351" title="NGC 351">351</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_352" title="NGC 352">352</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_353" title="NGC 353">353</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_355" title="NGC 355">355</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_356" title="NGC 356">356</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_357" title="NGC 357">357</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_359" title="NGC 359">359</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_363" title="NGC 363">363</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_364" title="NGC 364">364</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_367" title="NGC 367">367</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_369" title="NGC 369">369</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_377" title="NGC 377">377</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_391" title="NGC 391">391</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_413" title="NGC 413">413</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_417" title="NGC 417">417</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_426" title="NGC 426">426</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_428" title="NGC 428">428</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_429" title="NGC 429">429</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_430" title="NGC 430">430</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_435" title="NGC 435">435</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_442" title="NGC 442">442</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_445" title="NGC 445">445</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_448" title="NGC 448">448</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_450" title="NGC 450">450</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_478" title="NGC 478">478</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_480" title="NGC 480">480</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_481" title="NGC 481">481</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_487" title="NGC 487">487</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_493" title="NGC 493">493</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_497" title="NGC 497">497</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_519" title="NGC 519">519</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_521" title="NGC 521">521</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_533" title="NGC 533">533</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_540" title="NGC 540">540</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_541" title="NGC 541">541</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_545" title="NGC 545">545</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_547" title="NGC 547">547</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_555" title="NGC 555">555</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_560" title="NGC 560">560</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_570" title="NGC 570">570</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_578" title="NGC 578">578</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_584" title="NGC 584">584</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_585" title="NGC 585">585</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_596" title="NGC 596">596</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_615" title="NGC 615">615</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_622" title="NGC 622">622</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_655" title="NGC 655">655</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_681" title="NGC 681">681</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_682" title="NGC 682">682</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_690" title="NGC 690">690</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_701" title="NGC 701">701</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_720" title="NGC 720">720</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_747" title="NGC 747">747</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_755" title="NGC 755">755</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_779" title="NGC 779">779</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_800" title="NGC 800">800</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_806" title="NGC 806">806</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_833" title="NGC 833">833</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_838" title="NGC 838">838</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_864" title="NGC 864">864</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_874" title="NGC 874">874</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_880" title="NGC 880">880</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_895" title="NGC 895">895</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_908" title="NGC 908">908</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_936" title="NGC 936">936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_945" title="NGC 945">945</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_950" title="NGC 950">950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_960" title="NGC 960">960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_965" title="NGC 965">965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_966" title="NGC 966">966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_985" title="NGC 985">985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_988" title="NGC 988">988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1009" title="NGC 1009">1009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1015" title="NGC 1015">1015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1019" title="NGC 1019">1019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1022" title="NGC 1022">1022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1032" title="NGC 1032">1032</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1042" title="NGC 1042">1042</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1052" title="NGC 1052">1052</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1055" title="NGC 1055">1055</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1073" title="NGC 1073">1073</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1087" title="NGC 1087">1087</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1090" title="NGC 1090">1090</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1128" title="NGC 1128">1128</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1142" title="NGC 1142">1142</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1153" title="NGC 1153">1153</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_1218" title="NGC 1218">1218</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_7808" title="NGC 7808">7808</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_7828" title="NGC 7828">7828</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NGC_7829" title="NGC 7829">7829</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:70px">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arp_146" title="Arp 146">Arp 146</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arp_147" title="Arp 147">Arp 147</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arp_256" title="Arp 256">Arp 256</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3C_75" title="3C 75">3C 75</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cetus_Dwarf" title="Cetus Dwarf">Cetus Dwarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HCM-6A" title="HCM-6A">HCM-6A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD1" title="HD1">HD2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Holmberg_15A" title="Holmberg 15A">Holmberg 15A</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HXMM01" title="HXMM01">HXMM01</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IC_1613" title="IC 1613">IC 1613</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IC_1623" title="IC 1623">IC 1623</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IRAS_01003-2238" title="IRAS 01003-2238">IRAS 01003-2238</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markarian_1014" title="Markarian 1014">Markarian 1014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Markarian_1018" title="Markarian 1018">Markarian 1018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MCG_-03-04-014" title="MCG -03-04-014">MCG -03-04-014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGC_2456" title="PGC 2456">PGC 2456</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SDSS_J0303-0019" title="SDSS J0303-0019">SDSS J0303-0019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SXDF-NB1006-2" title="SXDF-NB1006-2">SXDF-NB1006-2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/9Spitch" class="mw-redirect" title="9Spitch">9Spitch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TON_S180" title="TON S180">TON S180</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UGC_711" title="UGC 711">UGC 711</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UGC_1775" title="UGC 1775">UGC 1775</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wolf%E2%80%93Lundmark%E2%80%93Melotte" title="Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte">Wolf–Lundmark–Melotte</a></li></ul> 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title="Caelum">Caelum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camelopardalis" title="Camelopardalis">Camelopardalis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cancer_(constellation)" title="Cancer (constellation)">Cancer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canes_Venatici" title="Canes Venatici">Canes Venatici</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canis_Major" title="Canis Major">Canis Major</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canis_Minor" title="Canis Minor">Canis Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capricornus" title="Capricornus">Capricornus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carina_(constellation)" title="Carina (constellation)">Carina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassiopeia_(constellation)" title="Cassiopeia (constellation)">Cassiopeia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Centaurus" title="Centaurus">Centaurus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cepheus_(constellation)" title="Cepheus (constellation)">Cepheus</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Cetus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chamaeleon" title="Chamaeleon">Chamaeleon</a></li> <li><a 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title="Equuleus">Equuleus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eridanus_(constellation)" title="Eridanus (constellation)">Eridanus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fornax" title="Fornax">Fornax</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gemini_(constellation)" title="Gemini (constellation)">Gemini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grus_(constellation)" title="Grus (constellation)">Grus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hercules_(constellation)" title="Hercules (constellation)">Hercules</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horologium_(constellation)" title="Horologium (constellation)">Horologium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydra_(constellation)" title="Hydra (constellation)">Hydra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hydrus" title="Hydrus">Hydrus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indus_(constellation)" title="Indus (constellation)">Indus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lacerta" title="Lacerta">Lacerta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_(constellation)" title="Leo (constellation)">Leo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leo_Minor" title="Leo Minor">Leo Minor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepus_(constellation)" title="Lepus (constellation)">Lepus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libra_(constellation)" title="Libra (constellation)">Libra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lupus_(constellation)" title="Lupus (constellation)">Lupus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lynx_(constellation)" title="Lynx (constellation)">Lynx</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyra" title="Lyra">Lyra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mensa_(constellation)" title="Mensa (constellation)">Mensa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Microscopium" title="Microscopium">Microscopium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monoceros" title="Monoceros">Monoceros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musca" title="Musca">Musca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_(constellation)" title="Norma (constellation)">Norma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Octans" title="Octans">Octans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ophiuchus" title="Ophiuchus">Ophiuchus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orion_(constellation)" title="Orion (constellation)">Orion</a></li> 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title="Former constellations">Obsolete constellations</a> (including Ptolemy's Argo Navis)</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anguilla_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anguilla (constellation)">Anguilla</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anser_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Anser (constellation)">Anser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Antinous_(constellation)" title="Antinous (constellation)">Antinous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apes_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Apes (constellation)">Apes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aranea_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Aranea (constellation)">Aranea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Argo_Navis" title="Argo Navis">Argo Navis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asterion_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asterion (constellation)">Asterion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bufo_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" 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