Iota Ceti [SEP] constellation
Iota Ceti
Iota Ceti (ι Cet, ι Ceti) is the Bayer designation for a star system in the equatorial constellation of Cetus. It has the traditional name Deneb Kaitos Shemali. The name was from the Arabic word ذنب قيطس الشمالي - "dhanab qayṭas al-shamālī", meaning "the northern tail of the sea monster". it is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 3.562. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 11.88 mas, it lies around 275 light years from
Thalath Al Naamat), and Upsilon Ceti, formed "Al Naʽāmāt" ('ألنعامة), "the Hen Ostriches".
In Chinese, (), meaning "Square Celestial Granary", refers to an asterism consisting of Zeta Ceti, Iota Ceti, Theta Ceti, Eta Ceti, Tau Ceti and 57 Ceti. Consequently, the Chinese name for Zeta Ceti itself is (, ).
Properties.
Zeta Ceti is a single-lined spectroscopic binary system with an orbital period of 4.5 years and