Cetus is a constellation, sometimes called 'the whale' in English. In Greek mythology, the Cetus was a large sea monster which both Perseus and Heracles needed to slay. Cetus is in the region of the s
Cetus annotated with lines (a "stick figure") from a latitude further north (north of its declination), above a horizon, in conditions ideal for observation.
Messier 77 spiral galaxy - HST (Hubble Space Telescope).
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.
An alike depiction from Celestial Atlas (A. Jamieson) (1822)
Eridanus is a constellation which stretches along the southern celestial hemisphere. It is represented as a river. One of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century AD astronomer Ptolemy, it rema
Cetus (constellation)
…which both Perseus and Heracles needed to slay. Cetus is in the region of the sky that contains other water-related constellations: Aquarius, Pisces and Eridanus. Cetus is not among the 12 true zodiac constellations in the J2000 epoch, nor classical 12-part zodiac. The ecliptic passes less than 0.25° from one…
The constellation of Eridanus, the river, as seen by the naked eye from northern latitudes.
Artist's impression of a Jupiter-mass planet orbiting the nearby star Epsilon Eridani
Cetus dips his paws into Eridanus in this plate from Urania's Mirror (1825).
The constellation Eridanus showing the IAU boundaries, the constellation stick figure, and labels for its brightest stars. Astrophotograph by Eckhard Slawik, from NOIRLab's 88 Constellations project.