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- α Ceti, traditionally called Menkar ("the nose"), is a red-hued giant star of magnitude 2.5, 220 light-years from Earth. It is a wide double star; the secondary is 93 Ceti, a blue-white hued star of magnitude 5.6, 440 light-years away. β Ceti, also called Deneb Kaitos and Diphda is the brightest star in Cetus.
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Cetus is home to the barred spiral galaxy Messier 77 and several well-known stars: Diphda (Beta Ceti), Menkar (Alpha Ceti), Tau Ceti and the famous variable star Mira (Omicron Ceti). It also hosts Earendel, the most distant star discovered to date.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Cetus, sorted by decreasing brightness.
β Ceti, 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". γ Ceti, Kaffaljidhma ("head of the whale") is a very close double star.
The main stars of Cetus are named by their apparent magnitude (luminosity) from the brightest to faintest star in decreasing order: 1. Diphda (Beta Ceti) – an apparent visual magnitude of 2.04
Mar 3, 2016 · Notable Stars – Deneb Kaitos (Beta Ceti, Diphda, ), located about 94 light years away, is the most luminous star in Cetus with an apparent visual magnitude of 2.04. It is an orange giant star (K0 III), meaning that it has evolved off the main sequence, and is rapidly turning into a red giant.
Apr 30, 2020 · Menkar, Alpha Ceti (α Cet), is a red giant star located in the constellation Cetus, the Whale. It is one of the stars that outline the head of Cetus. With an apparent magnitude of 2.53, it is the second brightest star in the constellation, after Diphda. Menkar lies at an approximate distance of 249 light years from Earth.
Cetus is the fourth largest constellation, visible in the months around September just to the south of the ecliptic. Despite its size, Cetus has few bright stars, and because it lies far from the plane of the Milky Way, it also has few deep sky objects.
