DIPHDA
"frog" or "tail of Cetus"
Other Names
Deneb Kaitos; Difda; Difda al Thani; Rana Secunda, the "Second Frog" (the "First Frog" is Fomalhaut = HR 8728).
Beta Ceti
HR 188
HD 4128 ...
Diphda is about 110 times as luminous as the sun.
Other Designations For This Star
Flamsteed ...
Diphda (Deneb Kaitos)
Beta Ceti
Arabic: "second frog" (Arabic/Greek: "tail of the sea monster") ...
MENKAR (Alpha Cet)
DIPHDA (Beta Cet)
Kaffaljidhma (Gamma Cet)
Baten Kaitos (Zeta Cet)
Dheneb (Eta Cet)
Deneb Kaitos Shemali (Iota Cet)
Menkar (Lambda Cet)
MIRA (Omicron Cet) ...
A lesser name for the star is "Diphda," also from Arabic and referring to a "first frog," where Fomalhaut was the "second frog.
The brightest star in Cetus is [2478] beta Ceti, also known as Deneb Kaitos ("tail of Cetus") or Diphda ("the second frog"). It is a bright yellowish-orange star 96 light-years away from Earth.
Named stars: Alpha Cet (Menkar/Menkab), Beta Cet (Deneb Kaitos/Diphda), Zeta Cet (Baten Kaitos), Omicron Cet (Mira)
Info:
Chamaeleon ...
Deneb Kaitos Schemali Iota Ceti
Denebola Beta Leonis
Dheneb Eta Ceti
Diadem Alpha Comae Berenices
Diphda Beta Ceti
Dnoces Iota Ursae Majoris
Dschubba Delta Scorpii
Dubhe Alpha Ursae Majoris
Duhr Delta Leonis ...
It lies at the southwest corner (0:22:51.8-12:12:33.0, ICRS 2000.0) of Constellation Cetus, the Whale or Sea Monster -- southwest of Iota Ceti, northwest of Deneb Kaitos or Diphda (Beta Ceti), southeast of 3 Ceti, and north of 6 Ceti.
 See also: Deneb Kaitos, Deneb, Star, Cetus, Fomalhaut
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