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Johannes Hevelius drew this representation of the constellation Cetus, which can be translated as the whale, or in this image the sea monster. This drawing is included in Uranographia, his celestial catalogue published in 1690. The view is mirrored following the tradition of celestial globes, showing the celestial sphere in a view from "ouside."