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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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When Cassiopeia died, she was placed next to her husband, Cepheus, in the sky.
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.
Curious to say neither the Dragon nor Cepheus appears on the old Egyptian sphere.
Cepheus is characterized by a rude square, one side of which is the base of an isosceles triangle.
Indeed, seeing Cepheus, Draco, Camelopardis and Ursa Minor was quite strange.

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