An oracle informed Andromeda's father, King Cepheus, that the ills would cease if he exposed Andromeda to the monster, which he did. |
Other 'dumbbell-esque' planetary nebulae worth hunting down in the coming months include NGC 40 in Cepheus and NGC 2346 in Monoceros. |
Delta Cephei, prototype star of the class of Cepheid variables, in the constellation Cepheus. |
Farther on is the Bird, whose right wing grazes the head and sceptre of Cepheus, with its left resting over Cassiopea. |
Indeed, seeing Cepheus, Draco, Camelopardis and Ursa Minor was quite strange. |
The squid-like apparition is very faint but spans some 2.5 full moons toward the constellation Cepheus in the Earth's night sky. |