List of stars in Cepheus

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Cepheus, sorted by decreasing brightness.

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Name

B

Dist. (ly)

Notes

α

5

203280

105199

21^h 18^m 34.58^s

+62° 35′ 07.6″

2.45

1.58

49

A7IV-V

Alderamin; suspected variable

γ Cep

γ

35

222404

116727

23^h 39^m 20.98^s

+77° 37′ 55.1″

3.21

2.51

45

K1IV

Errai; binary star; has a planet (b); suspected variable

β Cep

β

8

205021

106032

21^h 28^m 39.58^s

+70° 33′ 38.5″

3.23

−3.08

595

B2IIIv SB

Alfirk; prototype β Cep variable, V_max = 3.16^m, V_min = 3.27^m, P = 0.19 d

ζ Cep

ζ

21

210745

109492

22^h 10^m 51.26^s

+58° 12′ 04.5″

3.39

−3.35

726

K1Ibv SB

eclipsing binary

η Cep

η

3

198149

102422

20^h 45^m 17.27^s

+61° 50′ 12.5″

3.41

2.63

47

K0IV

Al Kidr

ι Cep

ι

32

216228

112724

22^h 49^m 40.91^s

+66° 12′ 02.6″

3.50

0.76

115

K0III

δ Cep A

δ

27

213306

110991

22^h 29^m 10.25^s

+58° 24′ 54.7″

4.07

−3.47

887

F5Iab + B7-8

prototype Cepheid variable, V_max = 3.49^m, V_min = 4.36^m, P = 5.37 d; binary star

ε Cep

ε

23

211336

109857

22^h 15^m 01.68^s

+57° 02′ 36.5″

4.18

2.13

84

F0IV

δ Sct variable, V_max = 4.15^m, V_min = 4.21^m, P = 0.04 d

θ Cep

θ

2

195725

101093

20^h 29^m 34.83^s

+62° 59′ 38.9″

4.21

1.11

136

A7III

Al Kidr

μ Cep

μ

206936

107259

21^h 43^m 30.45^s

+58° 46′ 48.2″

4.23

−6.81

5258

M2Ia

Garnet Star;^[1] in Trumpler 37; semiregular variable, V_max = 3.43^m, V_min = 5.1^m, P = 835 d

2 UMi

ω^[a]

(2)

5848

5372

01^h 08^m 44.16^s

+86° 15′ 25.6″

4.24

−0.67

313

K2II-III

Tarandus^[1]

ν Cep

ν

10

207260

107418

21^h 45^m 26.93^s

+61° 07′ 14.9″

4.25

−6.72

5094

A2Ia

α Cyg variable, V_max = 4.25^m, V_min = 4.35^m

κ Cep

κ

1

192907

99255

20^h 08^m 53.32^s

+77° 42′ 40.9″

4.38

−0.63

327

B9III

triple star

π Cep

π

33

218658

114222

23^h 07^m 53.84^s

+75° 23′ 15.3″

4.41

0.27

220

G2III

triple star

ξ Cep A

ξ

17

209790

108917

22^h 03^m 47.45^s

+64° 37′ 40.7″

4.45

96

Am

Kurhah, component of the ξ Cep system; spectroscopic binary

HR 7955

υ^[b]

198084

102431

20^h 45^m 21.20^s

+57° 34′ 49.1″

4.52

2.35

88

F8IV-V

spectroscopic binary

11 Cep

τ^[c]

11

206952

107119

21^h 41^m 55.08^s

+71° 18′ 40.3″

4.55

0.89

176

K0III

HD 217382

217382

113116

22^h 54^m 24.38^s

+84° 20′ 46.0″

4.70

−0.69

390

K4III

variable star, ΔV = 0.004^m, P = 0.09 d

ο Cep

ο

34

219916

115088

23^h 18^m 37.41^s

+68° 06′ 41.1″

4.75

0.70

211

K0III

multiple star; suspected variable

9 Cep

9

V337

206165

106801

21^h 37^m 55.23^s

+62° 04′ 55.0″

4.76

−5.95

4528

B2Ib

α Cyg variable, V_max = 4.69^m, V_min = 4.78^m

HD 216446

216446

112519

22^h 47^m 28.95^s

+83° 09′ 13.4″

4.77

−0.22

324

K3III

double star

24 Cep

φ^[d]

24

210807

109400

22^h 09^m 48.37^s

+72° 20′ 28.3″

4.79

−0.53

377

G8III

16 Cep

16

209369

108535

21^h 59^m 15.10^s

+73° 10′ 49.0″

5.04

2.17

122

F5V

double star

OV Cep

51

OV

51802

37391

07^h 40^m 31.09^s

+87° 01′ 12.6″

5.05

−0.88

499

M2III

semiregular variable, V_max = 5.00^m, V_min = 5.07^m

λ Cep

λ

22

210839

109556

22^h 11^m 30.58^s

+59° 24′ 52.3″

5.05

−3.47

1646

O6If(n)

emission-line star; suspected variable

HD 223274

ψ^[e]

223274

117371

23^h 47^m 54.75^s

+67° 48′ 24.5″

5.05

0.25

297

A1Vn

19 Cep

19

209975

109017

22^h 05^m 08.79^s

+62° 16′ 47.4″

5.07

−6.04

5433

O9.5Ib

triple star

31 Cep

31

214470

111532

22^h 35^m 45.78^s

+73° 38′ 35.3″

5.08

1.32

184

F3III-IV

HD 30338

30338

23265

05^h 00^m 20.72^s

+81° 11′ 38.5″

5.09

−0.03

345

K3III

HD 25007

25007

19461

04^h 10^m 02.79^s

+80° 41′ 55.2″

5.10

−0.03

345

G8III+...

double star

VV Cep

VV

208816

108317

21^h 56^m 39.14^s

+63° 37′ 32.0″

5.11

−6.93

8359

M2 + B0

Algol and semiregular variable, V_max = 4.80^m, V_min = 5.36^m, P = 7430 d; one of the largest stars known

78 Dra

(78)

207130

107230

21^h 43^m 04.13^s

+72° 19′ 12.7″

5.18

0.78

247

K0III

6 Cep

6

V382

203467

105268

21^h 19^m 22.21^s

+64° 52′ 18.6″

5.19

−2.41

1079

B3IVe

Be star, V_max = 5.08^m, V_min = 5.23^m

30 Cep

30

214734

111797

22^h 38^m 39.05^s

+63° 35′ 04.3″

5.19

0.23

320

A3IV

HD 210855

210855

109572

22^h 11^m 48.52^s

+56° 50′ 20.6″

5.24

2.40

121

F8V

HD 218029

218029

113864

23^h 03^m 32.85^s

+67° 12′ 33.1″

5.25

−0.11

384

K3III

18 Cep

χ^[f]

18

MO

209772

108924

22^h 03^m 52.93^s

+63° 07′ 11.2″

5.26

−0.43

448

M5III

slow irregular variable, V_max = 5.13^m, V_min = 5.33^m

20 Cep

20

209960

109005

22^h 05^m 00.48^s

+62° 47′ 07.9″

5.27

0.32

318

K4III

suspected variable

HD 212710

212710

109693

22^h 13^m 10.17^s

+86° 06′ 28.3″

5.27

0.80

256

B9.5Vn

HD 210939

210939

109592

22^h 12^m 02.01^s

+60° 45′ 32.7″

5.37

0.08

373

K1III

HD 26836

26836

20776

04^h 27^m 02.89^s

+80° 49′ 27.2″

5.42

−1.87

937

G6III:

7 Cep

7

204770

105972

21^h 27^m 46.16^s

+66° 48′ 32.9″

5.42

−1.45

771

B7V

HD 19978

19978

15547

03^h 20^m 19.58^s

+77° 44′ 05.6″

5.44

0.90

264

A6V

suspected variable

ρ² Cep

ρ²

29

213798

111056

22^h 29^m 52.97^s

+78° 49′ 27.6″

5.45

1.14

237

A3V

Al Kalb al Rai

HD 26659

26659

20982

04^h 30^m 00.60^s

+83° 20′ 24.5″

5.47

0.63

304

G8III

HD 213022

213022

110725

22^h 26^m 00.78^s

+70° 46′ 15.2″

5.47

−0.54

520

K2III

HD 18438

18438

14417

03^h 06^m 07.95^s

+79° 25′ 06.6″

5.49

−1.15

695

M1III

suspected variable

V408 Cep

V408

26356

20860

04^h 28^m 13.30^s

+83° 48′ 27.9″

5.51

−1.10

685

B5V

γ Cas variable

V381 Cep

V381

203338

105259

21^h 19^m 15.69^s

+58° 37′ 24.6″

5.51

−4.74

3663

M1Ibep

slow irregular variable, V_max = 5.51^m, V_min = 5.71^m

HD 210884

210884

109474

22^h 10^m 38.90^s

+70° 07′ 57.1″

5.52

2.95

107

F2V

26 Cep

26

213087

110817

22^h 27^m 05.31^s

+65° 07′ 56.2″

5.52

−3.93

2527

B0.5Ib

suspected variable

HD 205139

205139

106227

21^h 30^m 59.29^s

+60° 27′ 34.0″

5.53

−3.80

2397

B1II

12 Cep

12

207528

107586

21^h 47^m 25.31^s

+60° 41′ 33.7″

5.53

−0.25

467

M1III

HD 200205

200205

103598

20^h 59^m 25.33^s

+59° 26′ 18.8″

5.54

−0.73

586

K4III

14 Cep

14

LZ

209481

108772

22^h 02^m 04.58^s

+58° 00′ 01.3″

5.55

−5.22

4657

O9V

rotating ellipsoidal variable

V388 Cep

V388

219586

114831

23^h 15^m 37.71^s

+70° 53′ 17.1″

5.56

0.36

356

F0IV

δ Sct variable, ΔV = 0.07^m, P = 0.28 d

HD 221525

221525

115746

23^h 26^m 59.92^s

+87° 18′ 26.8″

5.56

0.69

307

A7IV

HD 4853

4853

4283

00^h 54^m 52.76^s

+83° 42′ 26.9″

5.59

1.21

245

A4V

4 Cep

4

197950

102253

20^h 43^m 10.98^s

+66° 39′ 26.5″

5.59

2.44

139

A8V

HD 6798

6798

5626

01^h 12^m 16.51^s

+79° 40′ 26.3″

5.60

0.99

272

A3V

HD 220974

220974

115770

23^h 27^m 16.42^s

+70° 21′ 35.3″

5.60

1.59

206

A6IV

HD 216380

216380

112864

22^h 51^m 22.51^s

+61° 41′ 47.9″

5.61

1.39

227

G2IV+...

HD 20084

20084

16489

03^h 32^m 19.72^s

+84° 54′ 40.9″

5.62

0.43

355

G3IIp...

HD 202214

202214

104642

21^h 11^m 48.24^s

+59° 59′ 11.8″

5.64

−6.58

9056

B0V

suspected variable

HD 225216

225216

379

00^h 04^m 41.84^s

+67° 09′ 59.0″

5.68

0.74

317

K1III

HD 208095

208095

107930

21^h 52^m 01.02^s

+55° 47′ 48.3″

5.70

−0.77

643

B6IV-V

suspected variable

HD 214035

214035

111242

22^h 32^m 16.27^s

+76° 13′ 35.3″

5.70

−1.07

736

A2V

HD 206267

206267

106886

21^h 38^m 57.62^s

+57° 29′ 20.6″

5.74

−2.04

1173

O6V((f))+O9V

in Trumpler 37; triple star; suspected variable

13 Cep

13

208501

108165

21^h 54^m 53.16^s

+56° 36′ 40.4″

5.74

−3.71

2527

B8Ibvar

suspected variable

25 Cep

25

211833

110103

22^h 18^m 12.59^s

+62° 48′ 15.7″

5.75

−0.88

689

K3III

HD 211029

211029

109620

22^h 12^m 22.45^s

+63° 17′ 27.9″

5.76

−1.36

865

M3III

variable star, ΔV = 0.021^m, P = 1.86 d

HR 774

16458

13055

02^h 47^m 47.63^s

+81° 26′ 55.2″

5.80

−0.12

498

G8p...

Prototypical Barium star

HD 214710

214710

111660

22^h 37^m 12.86^s

+75° 22′ 18.5″

5.80

−0.61

623

M1III

HD 192781

192781

99663

20^h 13^m 27.57^s

+60° 38′ 25.6″

5.81

−0.49

594

K5III

HD 200614

200614

103810

21^h 02^m 09.00^s

+56° 40′ 10.6″

5.83

−0.92

729

B8III

ρ¹ Cep

ρ¹

28

213403

110787

22^h 26^m 42.45^s

+78° 47′ 09.4″

5.83

1.85

204

A2m

HD 22701

22701

19454

04^h 10^m 00.22^s

+86° 37′ 34.9″

5.84

2.78

133

F5IV

HD 208682

208682

108226

21^h 55^m 30.99^s

+65° 19′ 14.9″

5.84

−2.00

1203

B2.5Ve

suspected variable

HD 221861

221861

116380

23^h 34^m 59.03^s

+71° 38′ 31.4″

5.86

−3.86

2860

K0Ib

HD 201636

201636

104171

21^h 06^m 23.39^s

+71° 25′ 55.5″

5.88

2.42

160

F3IV

HD 211554

211554

109972

22^h 16^m 26.51^s

+57° 13′ 12.8″

5.88

−0.86

728

G8III

HD 217157

217157

112833

22^h 51^m 02.94^s

+85° 22′ 24.5″

5.89

0.16

457

K5

HD 219485

219485

114745

23^h 14^m 37.02^s

+74° 13′ 52.5″

5.89

0.16

455

A0V

V414 Cep

V414

197939

102358

20^h 44^m 22.04^s

+56° 29′ 18.3″

5.91

−1.45

964

M3III

semiregular variable

77 Dra

(77)

201908

104105

21^h 05^m 29.21^s

+78° 07′ 34.8″

5.91

0.40

412

B8Vn

HD 18778

18778

14844

03^h 11^m 42.85^s

+81° 28′ 14.6″

5.92

1.96

202

A7III-IV

suspected variable

HD 203399

203399

104968

21^h 15^m 42.39^s

+77° 00′ 44.1″

5.92

−1.12

836

K5III

suspected variable

HD 207198

207198

107374

21^h 44^m 53.28^s

+62° 27′ 38.1″

5.94

−3.01

2012

O9II

HD 222386

222386

116714

23^h 39^m 10.16^s

+75° 17′ 34.3″

5.95

1.42

263

A3V

HD 223128

223128

117265

23^h 46^m 36.73^s

+66° 46′ 56.1″

5.95

−2.68

1734

B2IV

HD 209112

209112

108505

21^h 58^m 53.51^s

+62° 41′ 52.6″

5.96

−2.02

1283

M3III

variable star, ΔV = 0.020^m, P = 1.76 d

HD 205072

205072

105727

21^h 24^m 49.40^s

+80° 31′ 29.5″

5.97

0.78

355

G6III:

HD 222387

222387

116728

23^h 39^m 21.17^s

+74° 00′ 09.4″

5.98

0.43

419

G8III

HD 200039

200039

103219

20^h 54^m 44.28^s

+75° 55′ 31.7″

5.99

0.37

434

G5III

HD 202987

202987

105080

21^h 17^m 14.23^s

+55° 47′ 52.7″

6.00

−2.28

1475

K3III

HD 431

431

760

00^h 09^m 19.83^s

+79° 42′ 52.7″

6.01

0.67

381

A7IV

HD 213973

213973

111314

22^h 33^m 02.70^s

+69° 54′ 48.1″

6.01

1.60

249

A9III

HD 216595

216595

112998

22^h 53^m 03.77^s

+60° 06′ 03.7″

6.01

−1.99

1299

K2V:

HD 197373

197373

102011

20^h 40^m 17.88^s

+60° 30′ 17.3″

6.02

3.41

108

F6IV

HD 12005

12005

9568

02^h 02^m 57.04^s

+77° 54′ 58.6″

6.04

−1.55

1076

K0

HD 212495

212495

110498

22^h 23^m 00.50^s

+62° 25′ 09.6″

6.04

−0.66

712

A1V

HD 12467

12467

10054

02^h 09^m 25.44^s

+81° 17′ 45.3″

6.05

1.87

223

A1V

HD 8065

8065

6522

01^h 23^m 46.82^s

+78° 43′ 33.8″

6.07

−8.93

32600

A0Iab

suspected variable

HD 216102

216102

112635

22^h 48^m 44.24^s

+62° 56′ 18.7″

6.07

−0.39

639

K0

HD 206842

206842

107197

21^h 42^m 45.37^s

+59° 16′ 15.0″

6.10

−3.26

2433

K1III

HD 203574

203574

105370

21^h 20^m 33.50^s

+60° 45′ 23.2″

6.11

0.51

429

G5III

V426 Cep

V426

204599

105949

21^h 27^m 25.30^s

+59° 45′ 00.4″

6.11

−1.28

982

M3II-III...

slow irregular variable

HD 211300

211300

109659

22^h 12^m 52.72^s

+73° 18′ 25.7″

6.11

−1.05

881

A3V+...

suspected variable

HD 203501

203501

104756

21^h 13^m 21.60^s

+81° 13′ 51.5″

6.12

0.14

512

A3IV

HD 211242

211242

109746

22^h 13^m 49.71^s

+63° 09′ 44.5″

6.13

−1.23

967

B8Vn

HD 204754

204754

106052

21^h 28^m 52.72^s

+55° 25′ 07.2″

6.14

−1.13

929

B8III

HD 36905

36905

28532

06^h 01^m 20.17^s

+85° 10′ 55.6″

6.17

−1.89

1336

M0III

HD 197734

197734

102216

20^h 42^m 39.69^s

+60° 36′ 04.9″

6.17

−0.56

724

A2IV

HD 208606

208606

108209

21^h 55^m 20.60^s

+61° 32′ 30.5″

6.17

−6.05

9056

G8Ib...

HD 207780

207780

107723

21^h 49^m 19.01^s

+61° 16′ 22.1″

6.18

−0.96

872

M1II-III

suspected variable

HD 212454

212454

110497

22^h 23^m 00.17^s

+57° 17′ 04.6″

6.18

−0.90

851

B8III-IV

HD 216172

216172

112670

22^h 49^m 00.68^s

+68° 34′ 12.2″

6.19

2.21

204

F5

HD 6319

6319

5928

01^h 16^m 12.60^s

+87° 08′ 44.0″

6.20

1.20

326

K2III:

HD 218560

218560

114227

23^h 07^m 57.20^s

+64° 13′ 21.2″

6.21

−1.36

1065

K0

HD 199661

199661

103346

20^h 56^m 17.01^s

+56° 53′ 15.0″

6.23

−0.71

795

B2.5IV

suspected variable

HD 6473

6473

5412

01^h 09^m 12.29^s

+80° 00′ 42.0″

6.24

0.46

468

K0

HD 218537

218537

114212

23^h 07^m 47.74^s

+63° 38′ 00.5″

6.25

−1.62

1221

B3V

suspected variable

HD 214019

214019

111325

22^h 33^m 16.76^s

+70° 22′ 25.3″

6.26

0.82

400

A0V

HD 7238

7238

5947

01^h 16^m 31.04^s

+79° 54′ 35.5″

6.27

1.98

236

F5Vs

HD 210905

210905

109585

22^h 11^m 56.74^s

+59° 05′ 03.8″

6.29

1.16

345

K0III

HD 213232

213242

110919

22^h 28^m 19.48^s

+64° 05′ 06.8″

6.30

0.99

377

K0

V398 Cep

V398

225136

302

00^h 03^m 51.63^s

+66° 42′ 43.9″

6.31

−1.09

985

M4

semiregular variable

δ Cep C

δ

27

213307

110988

22^h 29^m 09.23^s

+58° 24′ 14.7″

6.30

887

B7IV

Component of the δ Cep system; spectroscopic binary; suspected variable

HD 209258

209258

108420

21^h 57^m 51.07^s

+74° 59′ 48.3″

6.32

−1.35

1113

K5

suspected variable

V379 Cep

V379

197770

102258

20^h 43^m 13.69^s

+57° 06′ 50.4″

6.32

−5.10

6269

B2III

Algol variable, ΔV = 0.047^m, P = 99.76 d

HD 215907

215907

112508

22^h 47^m 23.23^s

+58° 28′ 58.8″

6.33

−1.01

956

B9.5IV

ξ Cep B

ξ

17

209791

22^h 03^m 46.22^s

+64° 37′ 41.5″

6.34

96

F8V

component of the ξ Cep system; spectroscopic binary

HD 210220

210220

109190

22^h 07^m 09.65^s

+58° 50′ 26.8″

6.34

0.16

560

G6III

HD 1141

1141

1296

00^h 16^m 13.88^s

+76° 57′ 02.7″

6.35

−0.04

617

B9Vn

HD 219841

219841

114984

23^h 17^m 18.86^s

+75° 17′ 56.5″

6.35

−0.07

628

A2Vs

80 Dra

(80)

210873

109434

22^h 10^m 15.32^s

+72° 06′ 40.7″

6.36

0.38

511

B9MNp...

HR 9038

223778

117712

23^h 52^m 24.52^s

+75° 32′ 40.2″

6.36

6.19

35

K3V

HD 208132

208132

107893

21^h 51^m 37.25^s

+65° 45′ 09.9″

6.37

1.86

260

Am+...

HD 3440

3440

3132

00^h 39^m 47.75^s

+82° 29′ 36.9″

6.38

3.83

105

F6V:

HD 202582

202582

104788

21^h 13^m 42.46^s

+64° 24′ 15.1″

6.38

3.30

135

G2IV+...

suspected variable

V444 Cep

V444

210071

109124

22^h 06^m 13.55^s

+56° 20′ 36.2″

6.38

0.14

576

A0III

rotating ellipsoidal variable

HD 25904

25904

20039

04^h 17^m 51.85^s

+80° 32′ 08.7″

6.39

−0.92

945

K0

HD 208947

208947

108364

21^h 57^m 11.09^s

+66° 09′ 22.2″

6.41

−2.06

1614

B2V

V421 Cep

V421

203025

105091

21^h 17^m 18.79^s

+58° 36′ 41.4″

6.42

−3.03

2527

B2III

Be star

V422 Cep

V422

203265

105193

21^h 18^m 32.43^s

+61° 11′ 03.8″

6.43

−2.03

1606

M3

slow irregular variable

V438 Cep

V438

209111

108133

21^h 54^m 26.54^s

+80° 18′ 30.9″

6.43

−0.59

825

M3

semiregular variable

RW Cep

RW

212466

110504

22^h 23^m 07.02^s

+55° 57′ 47.6″

6.44

−3.18

2739

G8Ia

semiregular variable, V_max = 6.0^m, V_min = 7.3^m, P = 346 d; one of the largest stars known

HD 12918

12918

10623

02^h 16^m 45.27^s

+83° 33′ 41.5″

6.45

0.86

428

K0

HD 198781

198781

102771

20^h 49^m 17.39^s

+64° 02′ 32.2″

6.45

−3.03

2567

B0.5V

suspected variable

HD 207636

207636

107555

21^h 47^m 00.87^s

+70° 09′ 03.4″

6.45

0.55

492

A0V

HD 215588

215588

112324

22^h 45^m 03.70^s

+58° 08′ 50.6″

6.45

3.68

117

F5

HD 12927

12927

10309

02^h 12^m 49.98^s

+79° 41′ 29.3″

6.46

0.96

410

A3

suspected variable

HD 212136

212136

110314

22^h 20^m 38.77^s

+58° 24′ 35.5″

6.46

0.15

597

G8III

HD 217348

217348

113498

22^h 59^m 09.00^s

+59° 48′ 52.8″

6.46

−1.29

1156

B9III

V431 Cep

V431

205938

106604

21^h 35^m 25.91^s

+68° 13′ 09.3″

6.47

0.08

617

Ap Si

α² CVn variable

HD 207826

207826

107710

21^h 49^m 08.12^s

+66° 47′ 31.9″

6.49

1.57

314

F3IV

HD 224890

224890

128

00^h 01^m 39.30^s

+73° 36′ 42.8″

6.50

2.41

214

Am...

HD 32196

32196

25911

05^h 31^m 48.00^s

+85° 56′ 19.4″

6.50

1.51

324

A5m

HD 198236

198236

102370

20^h 44^m 33.08^s

+69° 45′ 06.8″

6.50

0.89

431

G8III

V Cep

V

224309

118027

23^h 56^m 27.56^s

+83° 11′ 28.0″

6.57

1.75

301

A3V

not variable

V419 Cep

V419

202380

104719

21^h 12^m 47.25^s

+60° 05′ 52.8″

6.62

5200

M2Ib

slow irregular variable

79 Dra

(79)

208509

107995

21^h 52^m 46.94^s

+73° 42′ 08.2″

6.65

2.21

276

A2V

15 Cep

σ^[g]

15

209744

108925

22^h 03^m 53.86^s

+59° 48′ 52.5″

6.69

−1.43

1370

B1V

multiple star

AH Cep

AH

216014

112562

22^h 47^m 52.94^s

+65° 03′ 43.8″

6.88

3330

B0.5V+...

β Lyr variable, V_max = 6.78^m, V_min = 7.07^m, P = 1.77 d

U Cep

U

5679

4843

01^h 02^m 18.34^s

+81° 52′ 32.1″

6.90

0.32

674

G8III

Algol variable, V_max = 6.75^m, V_min = 9.24^m, P = 2.49 d

HD 12648

12648

10800

02^h 19^m 00.0^s

+85° 44′ 10″

6.98

517

G5

has a planet (b)

HD 202432

202432

104632

21^h 11^m 40.4^s

+70° 26′ 28″

7.00

525

K2 D

has a planet (b)

EM Cep

EM

208392

108073

21^h 53^m 48.10^s

+62° 36′ 51.9″

7.03

1610

B1Vn

W UMa variable, V_max = 7.02^m, V_min = 7.17^m, P = 0.81 d

SS Cep

SS

22689

17881

03^h 49^m 30.01^s

+80° 19′ 20.9″

7.16

847

M5III

semiregular variable, V_max = 6.5^m, V_min = 7.7^m, P = 90 d

DQ Cep

DQ

199908

103471

20^h 57^m 48.61^s

+55° 29′ 15.6″

7.26

579

F1IV

δ Sct variable, V_max = 7.22^m, V_min = 7.32^m, P = 0.079 d

HD 204521

204521

105766

21^h 25^m 16.80^s

+70° 28′ 39.1″

7.29

86

G0V_Fe-08

Will pass near the Sun in the future

HD 207538

207538

107598

21^h 47^m 39.79^s

+59° 12′ 01.3″

7.30

O9.7IV

peculiar metal abundances

T Cep

T

202012

104451

21^h 09^m 32.00^s

+68° 29′ 25.0″

7.33

612

M6-9e

Mira variable, V_max = 5.2^m, V_min = 11.3^m, P = 388.14 d

V380 Cep

V380

200775

103763

21^h 01^m 36.92^s

+68° 09′ 47.8″

7.36

1720

B2Ve

in NGC 7023; Orion variable, V_max = 7.24^m, V_min = 7.42^m

VW Cep

VW

197433

101750

20^h 37^m 21.54^s

+75° 36′ 01.5″

7.38

90

G8V+K0V

W UMa variable, V_max = 7.23^m, V_min = 7.68^m, P = 0.28 d

S Cep

S

206362

106583

21^h 25^m 12.83^s

+78° 37′ 28.2″

7.40

1330

C7,4e

Mira variable, V_max = 7.4^m, V_min = 12.9^m, P = 486.84 d

HD 1

1

422

00^h 05^m 08.84^s

+67° 50′ 23.97″

7.42

-0.01

1,190

G9-K0IIIa

spectroscopic binary

NY Cep

NY

217312

113461

22^h 58^m 39.80^s

+63° 04′ 37.7″

7.44

B0IV

Algol variable, V_max = 7.4^m, V_min = 7.55^m, P = 15.28 d

V368 Cep

V368

220140

115147

23^h 19^m 26.63^s

+79° 00′ 12.7″

7.54

63

G9V

RS CVn variable

W Cep

W

214369

111592

22^h 36^m 27.56^s

+58° 25′ 33.9″

7.59

K0Iapev...

semiregular variable, V_max = 7.02^m, V_min = 8.5^m, P = 350 d

EI Cep

EI

205234

106024

21^h 28^m 28.21^s

+76° 24′ 12.6″

7.61

657

F3V+F1m

Algol variable, V_max = 7.54^m, V_min = 8.06^m, P = 8.44 d

CW Cep

CW

218066

113907

23^h 04^m 02.22^s

+63° 23′ 48.8″

7.67

2080

B0.5V+B1V

in Cepheus OB3; Algol variable, V_max = 7.6^m, V_min = 8.04^m, P = 2.73 d

IR Cep

IR

208960

108426

21^h 57^m 51.93^s

+61° 01′ 07.9″

7.86

2200

G0

classical Cepheid, V_max = 7.58^m, V_min = 7.98^m, P = 2.11 d

EK Cep

EK

206821

107083

21^h 41^m 21.50^s

+69° 41′ 34.1″

7.89

528

A0V

Algol variable

HD 204827

204827

106059

21^h 28^m 57.76^s

+58° 44′ 23.2″

7.94

O9V+B0.5III

in Trumpler 37; spectroscopic binary

XZ Cep

XZ

111257

22^h 32^m 25.08^s

+67° 09′ 02.5″

8.51

1730

O9.5V

β Lyr variable, V_max = 8^m, V_min = 8.83^m, P = 5.10 d

HD 211810

211810

110094

22^h 18^m 07.0^s

+61° 08′ 04″

8.59

199

G5

has a planet (b)

ZZ Cep

ZZ

215661

112317

22^h 45^m 02.61^s

+68° 07′ 58.4″

8.60

430

B7v+...

Algol variable, V_max = 8.6^m, V_min = 9.55^m, P = 2.14 d

DH Cep

DH

215835

112470

22^h 46^m 54.11^s

+58° 05′ 03.5″

8.61

5000

O5.5V+O6V

in NGC 7380; rotating ellipsoidal variable, V_max = 8.58^m, V_min = 8.62^m, P = 2.11 d

CQ Cep

CQ

214419

111633

22^h 36^m 53.95^s

+56° 54′ 21.0″

8.80

WN6+O9II-Ib

β Lyr variable, V_max = 8.63^m, V_min = 9.12^m, P = 1.64 d

WX Cep

WX

213631

111166

22^h 31^m 15.79^s

+63° 31′ 23.6″

9.00

1520

A5V+A2V

Algol variable, V_max = 8.7^m, V_min = 9.29^m, P = 3.38 d

HD 211853

GP

211853

100154

22^h 18^m 45.61^s

+56° 07′ 33.9″

9.00

1450

WN6o+O6I

eclipsing binary, V_max = 8.96^m, V_min = 9.07^m, P = 6.69 d

XX Cep

XX

222217

116648

23^h 38^m 20.29^s

+64° 20′ 02.7″

9.18

799

A7V

Algol variable, V_max = 9.20^m, V_min = 10.32^m, P = 2.34 d

RZ Cep

RZ

111839

22^h 39^m 13.18^s

+64° 51′ 30.6″

9.19

A0-F2

RR Lyr variable, V_max = 9.15^m, V_min = 9.72^m, P = 0.31 d

IL Cep

IL

113017

22^h 53^m 15.60^s

+62° 08′ 45.0″

9.31

2790

B3IVe+A3

UX Ori star, V_max = 9.24^m, V_min = 9.61^m

EG Cep

EG

194089

20^h 15^m 56.83^s

+76° 48′ 35.7″

9.49

A7V

β Lyr variable, V_max = 9.31^m, V_min = 10.21^m, P = 0.54 d

Kruger 60 A

239960

110893

22^h 27^m 59.47^s

+57° 41′ 45.2″

9.59

11.58

13.1

M2.0V

one of the nearest known stars; member of the Kruger 60 system

HIP 109384

109384

22^h 08^m 32.0^s

+71° 18′ 52″

9.63

183

G5

has a planet (b)

CR Cep

CR

240059

112430

22^h 46^m 24.77^s

+59° 26′ 31.9″

9.64

1760

G0

classical Cepheid, V_max = 9.43^m, V_min = 9.83^m, P = 6.23 d

PQ Cep

PQ

21^h 44^m 28.78^s

+73° 38′ 04.9″

9.82

C6-,3e

Mira variable

HD 219460

V458

219460

114791

23^h 15^m 12.39^s

+60° 27′ 01.8″

9.89

WN5+B1III

Wolf–Rayet star

4U 2206+54

22^h 07^m 56.24^s

+54° 31′ 06.4″

9.90

O9.5Vep

high-mass X-ray binary, V_max = 9.7^m, V_min = 9.9^m

SV Cep

SV

22^h 21^m 33.20^s

+73° 40′ 27.1″

10.35

A2IVe

UX Ori star, V_max = 10.35^m, V_min = 12.15^m

V354 Cephei

V354

22^h 33^m 35^s

+58° 53′ 45″

10.90

9000

M2.5 Iab

One of the largest known stars; slow irregular variable, V_max = 10.82^m, V_min = 11.35^m

DO Cep

DO

239960

22^h 27^m 59.57^s

+57° 41′ 45.3″

10.30

13.1

M4.0V

member of the Kruger 60 system; flare star, V_max = 10.3^m, V_min = 11.4^m

CP Cep

CP

108427

21^h 57^m 52.69^s

+56° 09′ 50.1″

10.58

1360

F5Ib

classical Cepheid, V_max = 10.06^m, V_min = 10.96^m, P = 17.86 d

AK Cep

AK

110964

22^h 28^m 50.09^s

+58° 12′ 39.4″

10.86

713

F8

classical Cepheid, V_max = 10.86^m, V_min = 11.52^m, P = 7.23 d

EE Cep

EE

22^h 09^m 22.76^s

+55° 45′ 24.2″

10.9

B5:nev

Algol variable, V_max = 10.72^m, V_min = 12.15^m, P = 2049.53 d

BH Cep

BH

22^h 01^m 42.87^s

+69° 44′ 36.5″

11.01

F5IIIe

UX Ori star, V_max = 10.79^m, V_min = 12.7^m

GW Cep

GW

01^h 45^m 58.58^s

+80° 04′ 55.3″

11.21

G3

W UMa variable

WZ Cep

WZ

23^h 22^m 24.22^s

+72° 54′ 56.7″

11.23

F5

W UMa variable

BO Cep

BO

22^h 16^m 54.06^s

+70° 03′ 45.0″

11.55

F5Ve

UX Ori star, V_max = 11.5^m, V_min = 12.4^m

WR 152

211564

22^h 16^m 24.04^s

+55° 37′ 36.7″

11.61

WN3

Wolf–Rayet star

DI Cep

DI

113269

22^h 56^m 11.53^s

+58° 40′ 01.8″

11.95

797

G8IVe

T Tauri star

CX Cep

CX

22^h 09^m 33.44^s

+57° 44′ 30.5″

12.12

WN4+O5V

β Lyr variable, V_max = 12.09^m, V_min = 12.24^m, P = 2.13 d

Wolf 1106

21^h 07^m 55.40^s

+59° 43′ 19.3″

13.23

79

sdM1.5

One of first three subdwarfs discovered

Cepheus X-4

V490

21^h 39^m 30.68^s

+56° 59′ 10.5″

B1.5Ve

in IC 1396; high-mass X-ray binary

V350 Cep

V350

20^h 43^m 00.01^s

+66° 11′ 28.0″

16.20

M2...

WN4+O5V

in NGC 7129; T Tauri star

PV Cep

PV

20^h 45^m 53.94^s

+67° 57′ 38.7″

17.46

A5

in nebula GM 1-29; EXor

FR Cep

FR

20^h 55^m 46.66^s

+68° 12′ 36.9″

Classical Cepheid Variable^[2]

IV Cep

IV

22^h 04^m 36.92^s

+53° 30′ 23.7″

nova

Cepheus A HW 2

22^h 56^m 17.9^s

+62° 01′ 49″

B0.5

in Cepheus A; massive protostar

S140 IRS 1

22^h 19^m 18.28^s

+63° 18′ 45.8″

in S140; protostar

IRAS 21391+5802

21^h 40^m 42.36^s

+58° 16′ 09.7″

in IC 1396N; protostar

NGC 7538 IRS 1

23^h 13^m 45.32^s

+61° 28′ 11.7″

O

in NGC 7538; massive protostar

NGC 7538 IRS 9

23^h 14^m 01.63^s

+61° 27′ 20.2″

in NGC 7538; massive protostar

OH 104.9+2.4

22^h 19^m 27.48^s

+59° 51′ 21.7″

OH/IR star

PSR B2224+65

22^h 25^m 52.36^s

+65° 35′ 33.8″

pulsar

PSR J2229+6114

22^h 29^m 04.97^s

+61° 14′ 12.9″

pulsar

Table legend:

• Name = Proper name
• B = Bayer designation
• F or/and G. = Flamsteed designation or Gould designation
• Var = Variable-star designation
• HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number
• HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number
• RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0
• Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0

• vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or m_v), also known as apparent magnitude
• abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (M_v)
• Dist. (ly) = Distance in light-years from Earth
• Sp. class = Spectral class of the star in the stellar classification system
• Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of variability if it is a variable star, exoplanets, etc.]

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Notes

[a]
Labelled Omega Cephei (ω Cep/ω Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia
[b]
Designated by Burrett in his atlas
[c]
Labelled Tau Cephei (τ Cep/τ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia
[d]
Labelled Phi Cephei (φ Cep/φ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia
[e]
Labelled Psi Cephei (ψ Cep/ψ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia
[f]
Labelled Chi Cephei (χ Cep/χ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia
[g]
Labelled Sigma Cephei (σ Cep/σ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia

[2] [a]
Labelled Omega Cephei (ω Cep/ω Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia

[3] [b]
Designated by Burrett in his atlas

[4] [c]
Labelled Tau Cephei (τ Cep/τ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia

[5] [d]
Labelled Phi Cephei (φ Cep/φ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia

[6] [e]
Labelled Psi Cephei (ψ Cep/ψ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia

[7] [f]
Labelled Chi Cephei (χ Cep/χ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia

[8] [g]
Labelled Sigma Cephei (σ Cep/σ Cephei) by Bode in his Uranographia

[1]

[a]

[b]

[c]

[d]

[e]

[f]

[g]

[2]

List of stars in Cepheus

See also

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