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A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia.
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a faint constellation in the northern hemisphere near Cassiopeia and the pole star
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The constellation "The King"
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(SEE-fee-us) king of Ethiopia, father of Andromeda
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Cepheus (IPA: ) is a northern constellation named after King Cepheus in Greek mythology, and is considered to represent a king. It is one of the 88 modern constellations, and was also one of the 48 listed by Ptolemy.
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Cepheus is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northeastern part of the Moon, within one crater diameter of the larger Franklin crater to the southeast. To the north-north-east is the faint Oersted crater formation. The proximity of this formation to the lunar limb means it appears oblong when viewed from the Earth due to foreshortening.
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