Talk:List of stars in Cetus

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[edit] Etymologies

Etymologies listed here don't fit into the table, so please add them in respective star articles with sources.--JyriL ^talk 20:35, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

• (92/α Cet) 2.54 Menkar or Menkab [Mekab] or Monkar

  < منخر minxar nostril

  < منكب minkab shoulder

  < (?) منقار minqār peak (snout)

• (16/β Cet) 2.04 Diphda [Difda al Thani] or Deneb Kaitos or Rana Secunda

  < الضفدع الثاني ađ̧-đ̧ifda^{c aθ-θānī The second frog}

  ^{< ذنب القايتوس ðanab al-qaytus The Tail of Cetus}

• ^{(86/γ Cet) 3.47 Kaffaljidhmah [Al Kaff al Jidhma]}

  ^{< الكف الجذماء al-kaf al-jaðmā´ The cut-short (lepered) hand [reaching from the Pleiades]}

• ^{(82/δ Cet 4.08 Phycochroma or Phycea}

  ^{< φυκοχρωμα = phukochroma seaweed-colored (the color of seaweed)}

  ^{< φυκεα = phukea of or like seaweed (in color); seaweed-colored [referring to Cetus the Sea Monster]}

• ^{(55/ζ Cet) 3.73 Baten Kaitos}

  ^{< بطن baţn belly + κήτος whale}

• ^{(31/η Cet) 3.46 Deneb Algenubi [Dheneb, Deneb]}

  ^{< الذنب الجنوبي að-ðanab al-janūbiyy The southern fluke}

• ^{(45/θ Cet 3.60 Altawk or Tawk or Tawk Meksura [Al Tawk al Maksuur]}

  ^{< الطوق al-tawq The Necklace}

  ^{< الطوق المكسور al-tawq al-maksūur The Broken Necklace}

• ^{(8/ι Cet) 3.56 Schemali [Deneb Kaitos Shemali]}

  ^{< ذنب قايتوس الشمالي ðanab qāytūs aš-šamāliyy The northern fluke of Cetus}

• ^{(91/λ Cet) (or Menkar, see α Cet) 4.71}

• ^{(68/ο Cet) ~2.00 Mira [Mira Ceti] or Collum Ceti – Mira variable prototype}

  ^{< stella mīra The wondrous star}

• ^{(89/π Cet) 4.24 Al Sadr al Ketus}

  ^{< الصدر القايتوس al-şadr al-qaytus Chest of Cetus}

• ^{(52/τ Cet) 3.49 Durre Menthor or Al Durr al Manthur}

  ^{< الدرر المنثور al durr' al-manthūur The Scattered Pearls (of the Broken Necklace)}

  ^{< nearby star; has a circumstellar accretion disk}

• ^{(59/υ Cet) 3.99 Aquae Abyssi or Abyssus Aquae}

  ^{< Latin for "Waters of the Deep" (abode of Cetus)}

  ^{< Latin for "the Watery Deep" (abode of Cetus)}

• ^{(φ Cet) Al Nitham}

  ^{< النظام an-niz̧ām The arrangement/string (of pearls/stones/stars)}