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1. Next star is Deneb Kaitos (the tail of the whale), which is rising ca 1 day before Achird:

Caph	β Cassiopeiae	2.28	58º 52' N	00h 06m	1.5	62.5
Algenib	γ Pegasi	2.83	14º 54' N	00h 11m	2.8	410.8
Deneb Kaitos	β Ceti	2.04	18º 16' S	00h 41m	10.4	418.4
Achird	η Cassiopeiae	3.46	57º 33' N	00h 46m	11.7	419.7
Cih	γ Cassiopeiae	2.15	60º 26' N	00h 53m	13.4	421.4

Gb7-1	Gb7-2 (413)	Gb7-3	Gb7-4

Gb7-5	Gb7-6 (*9)	Gb7-7 (418)

Gb7-8	Gb7-9	Gb7-10	Gb7-11

Cetus has her body down in the 'sea' but her 'head' is above the 'surface':

"Cetus is sometimes represented swimming in the River Eridanus, although usually as resting on the bank with fore paws in the water; its head, directly under Aries, marked by an irregular pentagon of stars, and its body stretching from the bend in Eridanus to that in the stream from the Urn." (Allen)