Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Cepheus is a constellation in the deep northern sky, named after Cepheus, a king of Aethiopia in Greek mythology. It is one of the 48 constellations listed by the second century astronomer Ptolemy , and it remains one of the 88 constellations in the modern times.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Cepheus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes ...
In Greek mythology, Cepheus (/ ˈ s iː f i ə s,-f j uː s /; Ancient Greek: Κηφεύς Kepheús) may refer to the following personages: Cepheus, king of Ethiopia and father of Andromeda. [1] Cepheus, king of Tegea in Arcadia and one of the Argonauts. [2] Cepheus, one of the comrades of the Greek hero Odysseus. [3]
Mu Cephei (Latinized from μ Cephei, abbreviated Mu Cep or μ Cep), also known as Herschel's Garnet Star, Erakis, or HD 206936, is a red supergiant or hypergiant [4] [7] star in the constellation Cepheus. It appears garnet red and is located at the edge of the IC 1396 nebula.
Gamma Cephei (γ Cephei, abbreviated Gamma Cep, γ Cep) is a binary star system approximately 45 light-years away in the northern constellation of Cepheus.The primary (designated Gamma Cephei A, officially named Errai / ɛ ˈ r eɪ. iː /, the traditional name of the system) [11] [12] is a stellar class K1 orange giant or subgiant star; it has a red dwarf companion (Gamma Cephei B).
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us
Cepheus was the son of either Belus, [1] Agenor [2] or Phoenix. [3] When Belus is described as his father, Achiroe, daughter of Nilus, is given as his mother, and Danaus, Aegyptus, and Phineus as his brothers. [citation needed] He was called Iasid Cepheus, pertaining to his Argive ancestry through King Iasus of Argus, father of Io. [4]
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula is a concentration of interstellar gas and dust within the much larger ionized gas region IC 1396 located in the constellation Cepheus about 2,400 light years away from Earth. [1]