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

Greek See also:mythology, the See also:father of See also:Andromeda (q.v.); in See also:astronomy, a See also:constellation of the See also:northern hemisphere, mentioned by See also:Eudoxus (4th See also:century B.C.) and See also:Aratus (3rd century B.C.). See also:Ptolemy catalogued 13 stars in this constellation, Tycho 11, and See also:Hevelius 51. The most interesting See also:star in it is Cephei, a remarkable See also:double star, the brighter component of which is a See also:short See also: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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