Upsilon Ceti

Upsilon Ceti

Observation data Epoch J2000.0      Equinox J2000.0
Constellation	Cetus
Right ascension	2^h 00^m 0.31^s
Declination	-21° 4' 40"
Apparent magnitude (V)	3.99
Distance	301 ly (92.33 pc)
Spectral type	K5/M0III
Other designations
59 Ceti, HD 12274, HR 585, SAO 167471, FK5 71, NSV --, BD -21 358, HIP 9347

Upsilon Ceti (υ Ceti, υ Cet) is a Class K5, fourth-magnitude star in the constellation Cetus. Upsilon Ceti is a red-orange giant star located about 300 light-years from Earth.

This star with η Cet (Deneb Algenubi), θ Cet (Thanih al Naamat), τ Cet (Durre Menthor) and ζ Cet (Baten Kaitos), were Al Naʽāmāt (ألنعامة), the Hen Ostriches ^[1][2]

In Chinese, 鈇鑕 (Fū Zhì), meaning Sickle, refers to an asterism consisting of υ Ceti, 48 Ceti and 56 Ceti.^[3] Consequently, υ Ceti itself is known as 鈇鑕四 (Fū Zhì sì, English: the Fourth Star of Sickle.)^[4]

References

• "HD 12274 -- Star". SIMBAD Astronomical Database. Retrieved 2006-11-08.

1. Star Name - R.H.Allen p. 160
2. η Cet as Aoul al Naamat or Prima Struthionum (the first ostrich), θ Cet as Thanih al Naamat or Secunda Struthionum (the second ostrich), τ Cet as Thalath al Naamat or Tertia Struthionum (the third ostrich), and ζ Cet as Rabah al Naamat or Quarta Struthionum (the fourth ostrich). υ Cet should be Khamis al Naamat or Quinta Struthionum (the fifth ostrich) consistently, but Al Achsasi Al Mouakket designated the title the fifth ostrich to γ Gam with uncleared consideration.
3. (Chinese) 中國星座神話, written by 陳久金. Published by 台灣書房出版有限公司, 2005, ISBN 978-986-7332-25-7.
4. (Chinese) AEEA (Activities of Exhibition and Education in Astronomy) 天文教育資訊網 2006 年 7 月 10 日

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