What Are The Main Stars Of Cetus, That Make Up The Constellation?

Please and thank you ! =)What Are The Main Stars Of Cetus, That Make Up The Constellation?The Cetus is the constellation of the northern sky.it's name refers to the sea monster in Greek mythology. it is called the whale today. Cetus is located in the region of the sky known as the Water, along with other watery constellations such as Aquarius, Pisces, and Eridanus.

This constellation's most notable star is Mira (or 蠈 Ceti), the first variable star to be discovered. Over a period of 331.65 days it can reach a maximum magnitude as high as 2.0m, one of the brightest in the sky and easily visible to the unaided eye, then drop to 10.1m and back again. Its discovery in 1596 by David Fabricius further dented the supposed unchangeability of the heavens and lent support to the Copernican revolution.

Other stars in the constellation include 伪 Ceti (Menkar); 尾 Ceti (Deneb Kaitos), brightest in the constellation; and 蟿 Ceti, the 17th closest star to Earth.

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Alpha-Ceti or Menkar is a red giant located in the whale鈥檚 head.

Mira lies very close to the brightest star of Pisces (the "knot" holding the two fish together). Hevelius named it Mira, which means marvellous or miraculous, because it was the first star to be recognized as varying in brightness (1596). Mira is visible only for a few weeks each year. Its period is 332 days, during which time it remains usually near the 9th magnitude, too faint to see. Then it brightens to magnitude 1.7, becoming the brightest star in Cetus! Mira shines with a deep reddish tint; as a red giant (like Aldebaran in Taurus) it is massive, and would contain the orbit of Mars. Declination: -3 degrees south.



UV Ceti, which is actually a pair of very dim red dwarf stars (A and B), lies only 8.4 LY away--the fifth closest star system. UV Ceti B is a flare star, and varies from 13th magnitude (not visible to the naked eye) to the 6th magnitude, 250 times brighter (in 1952 this flare-up occurred in only 21 seconds). Why some red dwarfs flare in this way is not known.



Tau-Ceti is the 20th closest star, and the closest solar-type star, which makes it a favorite candidate in the search for extra-terrestrial life. Very few naked-eye stars are dimmer than the Sun, but the luminosity of Tau-Ceti is 0.45 (Sun = 1). Magnitude 3.5. Distance: 11.8 LY. you can find more on http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.鈥?/a> it has has images and more to look at.What Are The Main Stars Of Cetus, That Make Up The Constellation?You told the other girl to google it, and then turn around and ask this?What Are The Main Stars Of Cetus, That Make Up The Constellation?umm

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