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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 702 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CEPHEUS  , in

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Greek
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mythology, the
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father of
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Andromeda (q.v.); in
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astronomy, a
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constellation of the
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northern hemisphere, mentioned by
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Eudoxus (4th
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century B.C.) and
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Aratus (3rd century B.C.) .
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Ptolemy catalogued 13 stars in this constellation, Tycho 11, and
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Hevelius 51 . The most interesting
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star in it is Cephei, a remarkable
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double star, the brighter component of which is a
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short
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period variable (5.37 days), with a,, range in magnitude of 3.7 to 4.9; it is also a spectroscopic binary .

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