Cetus Cet
Cetus is one of the 88 constellations, covering 1,234 square degrees of the sky (4th largest). It is highest at midnight in October and best in the evening sky in November and December.
10 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Cet |
|---|---|
| Size | 1,234 square degrees (4th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 1h 37m, −9° |
| Highest at midnight | October (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: November and December) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 61° above the horizon; from 50° N, to about 31°. |
| Pages here | 10 objects |
Galaxies
2Nebulae
1Black holes, pulsars and other extreme objects
1Planetary systems
1Stars
5Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| IC 127 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.2 | 1.7′ |
| NGC 247 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.2 | 19.7′ |
| M77 · NGC 1068 | Galaxy | 9.3 | 6.1′ |
| IC 1613 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.5 | 18.3′ |
| NGC 720 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.1 | 4.5′ |
| NGC 936 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.2 | 4.4′ |
| NGC 908 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.3 | 6.1′ |
| NGC 584 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.4 | 3.8′ |
| NGC 45 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.4 | 6.2′ |
| NGC 1055 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 6.9′ |
| PGC000143 (Wolf-Lundmark-Melotte) | Galaxy | 10.8 | 10.5′ |
| NGC 246 | Planetary nebula | 10.9 | 4.1′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits