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What does Cepheus mean?

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Proper noun
  1. (Greek) Husband of Cassiopeia, king of Eritrea, father of Andromeda. There may be two mythical kings by this name.
  2. (astronomy) A circumpolar constellation of the northern sky, located between Draco and Cassiopeia and representing the king Cepheus from Greek myth.
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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.

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