Cepheus

Cep star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations.

Etymology and History

The Greek constellation ...

Origin of Constellation

Babylonian

Kugel Globe (1st c.BCE): Andromeda, Cassiopeia, Perseus, Cepheus, drawing by SMH 2024.

Almagest Κηφεύς

id	Greek (Heiberg 1898)	English (Toomer 1984)	ident.
	Κηφέως ἀστερισμός.	Constellation of Cepheus
1	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ ποδός	The star on the right leg	kap Cep
2	ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ ποδός	The one on the left leg	gam Cep
3	ὁ ὑπὸ τὴν ῥώνηη ἐπὶ τοῦ δεξιοῦ πλευροῦ	The star under the belt on the right side	bet Cep
4	ὁ ὑπὲρ τὸν δεξιὸν ὤμου ἀπτόμευος.	The star·over the tight shoulder, which touches it	alf Cep
5	ὁ ὑπὲρ τὸν δεξιὸυ ἀγκῶνα ἀπτόμερος	The star over the right elbow, which touches it	eta Cep
6	ὁ ὑπὸ τὸν αὐτὸν ἀγκῶνα καὶ αὐτὸς ἀπτόμενος.	The one under that elbow, which also touches it	tet Cep
	ὁ ἐν τῷ στήθει	The star in the chest	xi Cep
	ὁ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἀριστεροῦ βραχύουος	The star on the left arm	iot Cep
	τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς τιάρας 7’ ὁ νότιος.	The southernmost of the 3 stars on the tiara	eps Cep
	ὁ μέσος τῶν τριῶν.	The middle one of the three	zet Cep
	ὁ βορειότερος τῶν τριῶν.	The northernmost of the three	lam Cep
	ἀστέρες ιἄ, ὥν γ’ μεγέθους ἄ, δ’ ξ,εη.	11 stars, l of the third magnitude, 7 of the fourth, 3 of the fifth
	Τῶν περὶ Κηφέα ἀμορφώτων.	Stars around Cepheus outside the constellation
	ὁ προηγούμενος τῆς τιάρας.	The one in advance of the tiara	mu Cep
	ὁ ἐπόμενος τῇ τιάρα	The one to the rear or the tiara	del Cep
	ἀμόρφωτοι β, ὧν δ’ μεγέθους ἄ, ε α	2 stars outside the constellation, 1 of the fourth magnitude, 1 of the fifth

References

• References (general)
• References (Babylonian)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)