1) Constellation 2) Constellation 3) Constellation, Sea Monser 4) Constellation, Whale 5) Equatorial constellation 6) Greek dragon 7) Heavenly whale 8) Mythic aquatic creature 9) Neighbor of pisces 10) Sea monster 11) Sea monster of myth 12) Stellar whale 13) The whale constellation 14) Whale constellation
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[Chinese astronomy] The modern constellation Cetus lies across two of the quadrants, symbolized by the Black Tortoise of the North (北方玄武, Běi Fāng Xuán Wǔ) and the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography. The name of the western constellation in modern Ch...
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[mythology] In the Greek language, the word ketos (Κῆτος, Kētos, plural cetea κήτη)—Latinized as cetus—denotes a large fish, a whale, a shark, or a sea monster. The sea monsters slain by Perseus and Heracles were each referred to as a cetus by ancient sources. The term cetacean (for whale) originates from cetus. In Greek art,...
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daughter of Gaia and Pontus; ?sea monster? (hence the word ?cetacean?).
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(abbr. Cet, gen. Ceti) The Whale or Sea Monster; a very large constellation on the celestial equator, east of Eridanus and south of Aries and Pisces. Cetus contains the important variables Mira and UV Ceti, the prototype UV Ceti star. It is also home to two particularly interest...
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English name: The Whale. Genitive name: Ceti. Visibility: Visible from the UK See TABLE 20: THE CONSTELLATIONS.
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n] - a large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius
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noun a large constellation on the equator near Pisces and Aquarius
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Large constellation on the celestial equator (see celestial sphere), represented as a sea monster or a whale. Cetus contains the long-period variable star Mira, and Tau Ceti, one of the nearest stars. It is named after the sea monster sent to devour Andromeda. Mira is sometimes the most conspicuous object in the constellation, but it is more us...
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the Whale, a constellation lying above the equator, containing the variable star Mira.
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Greek mythology/constellation) - Most of the sea monsters taken out by Heracles and Perseus were referred to as `Cetus,” which could mean an extraordinarily big fish, shark or sea monster.
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