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    W Cephei is a spectroscopic binary and variable star located in the constellation Cepheus. It is thought to be a member of the Cep OB1 stellar association...
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    hypergiant, together with the red supergiants Mu Cephei, MY Cephei, VV Cephei, V381 Cephei, and V354 Cephei are among the largest stars known. In addition...
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    Mu Cephei (Latinized from μ Cephei, abbreviated Mu Cep or μ Cep), also known as Herschel's Garnet Star, Erakis, or HD 206936, is a red supergiant or hypergiant...
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    Gamma CepheiCephei, abbreviated Gamma Cep, γ Cep) is a binary star system approximately 45 light-years away in the northern constellation of Cepheus...
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    VV Cephei, also known as HD 208816, is an eclipsing binary star system located in the constellation Cepheus. It is both a B[e] star and shell star. VV...
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  • Beta Cephei variables, also known as Beta Canis Majoris stars, are variable stars that exhibit small rapid variations in their brightness due to pulsations...
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    Delta Cephei (δ Cep, δ Cephei) is a quadruple star system located approximately 887 light-years away in the northern constellation of Cepheus, the King...
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    RW Cephei is a K-type hypergiant and a semirregular variable star in the constellation Cepheus, at the edge of the Sharpless 132 H II region and close...
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  • V354 Cephei is a red supergiant star located within the Milky Way. It is an irregular variable located over 13,000 light-years away from the Sun. It has...
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    cool supergiants and hypergiants such as V509 Cassiopeiae (HR 8752) and RW Cephei. "Ass Cep OB 1". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg....
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    Tauri. Examples of eclipsing binaries are Epsilon Aurigae (Almaaz), VV Cephei, and V766 Centauri (HR 5171). Angular diameter measurements can be inconsistent...
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    LZ Cephei, also known by its Flamsteed designation 14 Cephei, is a star about 3,600 light years from the Earth, in the constellation Cepheus. Its apparent...
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    Majaess, D.; Turner, D.; Gieren, W. (2012). "New Evidence Supporting Cluster Membership for the Keystone Calibrator Delta Cephei". The Astrophysical Journal...
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    Geminorum, Beta Doradus, RT Aurigae, Polaris, as well as Delta Cephei. Type II Cepheids include: W Virginis, Kappa Pavonis and BL Herculis. Anomalous Cepheids...
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    Lambda CepheiCephei) is a fifth magnitude blue supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus, one of the hottest and most luminous visible to the naked...
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    WZ Cephei is an eclipsing binary star of W Ursae Majoris-type in the constellation of Cepheus, located 880 light years away from the Sun. The stars orbit...
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    consisting of η Cephei, 4 Cephei, HD 194298, θ Cephei, α Cephei, ξ Cephei, 26 Cephei, ι Cephei and ο Cephei. Consequently, the Chinese name for η Cephei itself...
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    Zeta Cephei (ζ Cep, ζ Cephei) is a red supergiant star, located about 1000 light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus. Zeta Cephei marks the left...
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    Beta Centauri (category Beta Cephei variables)
    the detection of pulsations, the Aa component has been classified as a β Cephei variable. Beta Centauri is well known in the Southern Hemisphere as the...
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    MY Cephei (IRC +60375) is a red supergiant located in open cluster NGC 7419 in the constellation of Cepheus. It is a semiregular variable star with a maximum...
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    Tauri star PV Cephei. It is known for changing its shape dramatically on a timescale of months to years, as the brightness of PV Cephei changes. The nebula...
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    Kruger 60 (redirect from DO Cephei)
    Krüger 60 (DO Cephei) is a binary star system located 13.1 light-years (4.0 parsecs) from the Sun. These red dwarf stars orbit each other every 44.6 years...
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    is the star Delta Cephei, discovered to be variable by John Goodricke a few months later. Type II Cepheids (historically termed W Virginis stars) have...
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  • Omicron Cephei, Latinized from ο Cephei, is a binary star in the constellation of Cepheus. It consists of a less massive F-type main sequence star in...
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    asterism consisting of Xi Cephei, 4 Cephei, HD 194298, Eta Cephei, Theta Cephei, Alpha Cephei, 26 Cephei, Iota Cephei and Omicron Cephei. Consequently, the Chinese...
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    Nu CepheiCephei) is a class A2, fourth-magnitude blue supergiant star in the constellation Cepheus, visible to the naked eye. It is a white pulsating...
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    DH Cephei is a variable binary star system in the northern circumpolar constellation of Cepheus, positioned about two degrees to the east of the star system...
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  • VW (disambiguation) (redirect from V–W)
    of the Pier Aeromar (former IATA code: VW), a former Mexican airline VW Cephei, a binary star system VW Hamme, a Belgian association football club VW Herald...
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  • RW (redirect from R W)
    Robin Wight, botanist, noted as R.W. RW is the designation for the 15th variable star named in a constellation: RW Cephei, an orange hypergiant located in...
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    Spica (category Beta Cephei variables)
    their spectra. The primary is a blue giant and a variable star of the Beta Cephei type. Spica, along with Arcturus and Denebola—or Regulus, depending on the...
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