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Hawaiian Astronomical SocietyConstellations: Cetus -- The Sea Monster of Ethiopia |
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This is the north-east section of the constellation. The map displays stars to magnitude 10, and deepsky objects to magnitude 12. Click here for a map better suited for use in the field.
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 75k JPEG M77 (NGC1068, Bennett 9) is a very bright (mag. 8.8), fairly large (7'), barred spiral located 52' ESE of delta Ceti. The bright, strangely shaped galaxy toward the bottom of the picture, Dreyer reports this one as highly condensed. The highly elongated (8'x3') galaxy 31' to the NW is NGC1055. It shines at mag. 11.6. NGC1072 lies 23' to the NE, shines at mag. 14.2 and covers 90"x30". Countless other galaxies inhabit this picture from the Digital Sky Survey.
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 30k Labeled JPEG NGC936 (Best 24) anchors the western end of three galaxies that lie within 44' of each other. It lies midway just north of a line drawn between Delta Ceti and Mira (Omicron Ceti). Dreyer describes it as very bright, very large, round, with a much brighter nucleus. Although this is a barred spiral, amateur telescopes of any size will have trouble seeing the bar.
Dreyer describes NGC941 as very faint (mag. 13), quite large (2.6'x2.0'), and round. This one is difficult, but still possible in a 6". NGC955 is described as fairly bright (mag. 13), small (2.8' x 0.7'), extended (in p.a. 19°), with a fairly abruptly brighter middle. A 6" will only show the middle. Larger aperture will reveal a stellar core, and the elongation. It lies only 24' west of the mag. 5.4 star 75 Ceti.
Image from the Digital Sky Survey.
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 34k GIF NGC450 is a very faint mag. 12.1 galaxy in the north-central portion of the constellation. Located 2° SSE of NGC428, you can find it on the south-west region map. UGC807 (mag. 15.8) is the companion.
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 33k JPEG IC1613 (Caldwell 51) is a faint (mag. 9.8), extremely large (11'x9') irregular galaxy located in a barren area in the far north-central portion of the constellation, near the Pisces border. Image from the Digital Sky Survey. High contrast optics help with this member of the Local Group.
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 38k JPEG NGC247 (Bennett 3, Caldwell 62) is a faint (mag. 9.7), extremely large (20'x7'), very much elongated (P.A. 172°) spiral galaxy located 2.8° SSE of Diphda (Beta Ceti). Image from the Digital Sky Survey.
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 49k JPEG NGC246 (Best 23, Caldwell 56) is a very faint (mag. 8), large (240"x210") planetary nebula located 6.3° north of Diphda (Beta Ceti). Dreyer reports 4 stars shining in the nebulosity. NGC255 is a mag. 12.4 spiral galaxy located 30' north-east of the planetary. The much fainter MCG-2-3-9 (mag. 14.5) lies the same distance to the north-west. Image from the Digital Sky Survey.
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