Directly above Cetus is the long, straggling constellation of Pisces, the Fishes.
It is situated in the constellation Cetus, a little south of the equator.
Below Aries may be seen the characteristic pentagon in the head of Cetus, the Whale.
The Cetus feels the fire and the ship and the people; then he will plunge if he can, and drown them.
Cetus, you will recall, represents the sea-monster sent to devour Andromeda, the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
The celestial globe map has the author and date legend 149placed near the constellation “Cetus.”
An ancient large float, says Hesychius, "in bulk like a whale;" derived from Cetus, which applied both to whale and ship.
We may, therefore, conclude that it was near a minimum of light at the time of his observation of the stars of Cetus.
Its plane is inclined about 63 to the celestial equator and its poles lie in the constellations of Coma Berenicis and Cetus.
Omicron in the constellation Cetus, is the longest known of them; and is held to revolve in 831 days.