In the southern part of the sky at around 9 p.m. this week, you'll find the large constellation Cetus. It's identified as either a whale or a sea monster, depending on what astronomy book or sky ...

The legendary sea monster Cetus is a huge and dangerous creature. It is usually portrayed as a massive sea serpent or ...

About the best I can do for the season is two monsters. If you look just above the eastern horizon on Halloween night, you’ll be looking at the brightest stars of Cetus the Sea Monster.

One of the most fearful that's made its way via myth into the stars is Cetus, a constellation representing a sea monster. Some picture it as a whale, so take your pick. True to character ...

Carle van Loo In Greek mythology, Andromeda is chained to a rock as a sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus (Credit: Carle van Loo) Hoare continues: “But stranded sperm whales also offered good ...

A good challenge for the next three nights is to look for Cetus the Sea Monster (or Whale) after the moon has set. Cetus is directly south around 9:30 p.m. It is a large constellation, but dim.

Cetus the Sea Monster. Although renderings of Cetus date back to its first appearance as one of 48 star patterns in the Almagest, written by Ptolemy around A.D. 150, one particular star went ...

These include normal sea creatures like fishes and dolphins ... In the lower left corner of our chart we find another monster, Cetus. Modern astronomy books usually translate this as "the whale ...

But was this “sea monster,” or “cetus” as it is called in Latin, actually a whale? A study published Wednesday provides the first direct evidence that two whale species, the gray whale and ...

In the southern part of the sky at around 9 p.m. this week, you'll find the large constellation Cetus. It's identified as either a whale or a sea monster, depending on what astronomy book or sky guide ...