Cetus

1 But, not so fast! lest we forget the little changing star Whose place is West of Algol, farther South— Mira, "the Wonderful," in Cetus or the Whale.

2 The constellation Cetus, the Whale, represents, according to ancient writers, the sea monster sent by Neptune to devour Andromeda when she was chained to the rock.

3 "Neither would it do any good to travel in the direction of Cetus," I said.

4 While you can easily track down the asteroid with binoculars, a telescope will allow you to watch it move in front of a background of stars from the faint constellation Cetus, the whale.

5 In 1983, Mullis, then a chemist with the biotech company Cetus, came up with a way to isolate tiny stretches of a few hundred nucleotides along a DNA strand and replicate them millions of times over, so they could easily be read by scientists.

6 The constellation Eridanus lies south of Taurus, east of Cetus, and west of Lepus.

7 Fornax, the Furnace, lies south of Cetus, west of Eridanus, and east of Sculptor and Phœnix.

8 They appear to be shooting from the constellation Perseus, named for the Greek hero who beheaded Medusa and slew Cetus the sea monster.

9 While its stars are relatively faint compared to nearby constellations, Cetus does have one magical sight in store for sky-watchers.

10 A lower court had ruled that Dr. Holodniy’s agreement with Stanford was only a promise to assign his rights in the future while the one with Cetus was an authentic assignment.

11 "The crooked serpent" would denote the dragon coiled around the poles, whilst "the dragon which is in the sea" would naturally refer to Cetus, the Sea-monster.

12 Amid that galaxy of diamonds, the Southern Cross, Orion’s Belt, the Great Dog, Centaurus, Cetus, and many another constellation, stood majestic.

13 It is situated in the constellation Cetus, a little south of the equator.

14 The faint object in question was moving through the constellation Cetus, and turned out to be a member of Jupiter's numerous family of comets, revolving round the sun in a period of seven years.

15 In other systems there have also been signs for "Arachne" and "Cetus the Whale", notes Grant.

16 We may, therefore, conclude that it was near a minimum of light at the time of his observation of the stars of Cetus.

17 He is said to have been swallowed by a Cetus, or large fish, from which he was after some time delivered.

18 Perseus is near enough for help; and Cetus, the sea-monster, is far enough away to do no harm.

19 Meanwhile, Roche acquired Cetus and its rights, and developed a test kit that is used worldwide.

20 Modern metaphor The monster Perseus battles is known as the Cetus in Greek antiquity; here it's the Kraken - a Norse beastie who also pops up in Pirates of the Caribbean.

1 鲸鱼座

whale whale