Constellation
The constellation Cepheus
Cep
Cepheus gathers 95 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alderamin, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around September.
Cepheus in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 95
- Brightest star
- Alderamin
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- September
- With a proper name
- 4
- Nearest star
- Errai
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 2.45
Declination from 56° to 87°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
46 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Cepheus
The 95 stars of Cepheus catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- AlderaminAlpha Cepheus2.45
- ErraiGamma Cepheus3.21
- AlfirkBeta Cepheus3.23
- Zeta Cepheus3.39
- Eta Cepheus3.41
- Iota Cepheus3.50
- Delta Cepheus4.07
- Epsilon Cepheus4.18
- Theta Cepheus4.21
- Mu Cepheus4.23
- HIP 53724.24
- Nu Cepheus4.25
- KurhahXi Cepheus4.26
- Kappa Cepheus4.38
- Pi Cepheus4.41
- HIP 1024314.52
- 11 Cepheus4.55
- HIP 1131164.70
- Omicron Cepheus4.75
- 9 Cepheus4.76
- HIP 1125194.77
- 24 Cepheus4.79
- 16 Cepheus5.04
- Lambda Cepheus5.05
- HIP 1173715.05
- HIP 373915.05
- 19 Cepheus5.07
- 31 Cepheus5.08
- HIP 232655.09
- HIP 194615.10
- HIP 1083175.11
- HIP 1072305.18
- 6 Cepheus5.19
- 30 Cepheus5.19
- HIP 1095725.24
- HIP 1138645.25
- 18 Cepheus5.26
- 20 Cepheus5.27
- HIP 1096935.27
- HIP 1095925.37
- 7 Cepheus5.42
- HIP 207765.42
- HIP 155475.44
- Rho 2 Cepheus5.45
- HIP 1107255.47
- HIP 209825.47
- HIP 144175.49
- HIP 1052595.51
- HIP 208605.51
- HIP 1094745.52
- 26 Cepheus5.52
- HIP 1062275.53
- 12 Cepheus5.53
- HIP 1035985.54
- 14 Cepheus5.55
- HIP 1148315.55
- HIP 1157465.56
- 4 Cepheus5.59
- HIP 42835.59
- HIP 1157705.60
- HIP 56265.60
- HIP 1128645.61
- HIP 164895.62
- HIP 1046425.64
- HIP 3795.68
- HIP 1079305.70
- HIP 1112425.70
- HIP 1068865.74
- 13 Cepheus5.74
- 25 Cepheus5.75
- HIP 1096205.76
- HIP 1116605.80
- HIP 130555.80
- HIP 996635.81
- HIP 1038105.83
- Rho 1 Cepheus5.83
- HIP 1082265.84
- HIP 194545.84
- HIP 1163805.86
- HIP 1041715.88
- HIP 1099725.88
- HIP 1128335.89
- HIP 1147455.89
- HIP 1023585.91
- HIP 1041055.91
- HIP 1049685.92
- HIP 148445.92
- HIP 1073745.94
- HIP 1167145.95
- HIP 1172655.95
- HIP 1085055.96
- HIP 1057275.97
- HIP 1167285.98
- HIP 1032195.99
- HIP 1050806.00
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