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Cepheus
Cepheus is a constellation in the northern sky, named after a mythical king of Ethiopia. It contains several notable deep-sky objects, including the emission nebula IC 1396 and the Elephant's Trunk Nebula, and is home to the red supergiant star Mu Cephei.
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APODs including "Cepheus"
Haunting the Cepheus Flare
29/10/2021
NGC 7822: Cosmic Question Mark
13/10/2021
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
20/09/2021
NGC 7023: The Iris Nebula
03/09/2021
Elephant's Trunk and Caravan
27/08/2021
Elephant, Bat, and Squid
23/07/2021
Reflections of the Ghost Nebula
26/10/2020
Ou4: A Giant Squid in a Flying Bat
07/10/2020
The Wizard Nebula
04/09/2020
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus
01/08/2020
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
03/07/2020
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
05/03/2020
Star Trails for a Red Planet
30/11/2019
Dark Seahorse in Cepheus
24/10/2019
The Iris Nebula in a Field of Dust
12/09/2019
In Wolf's Cave
07/09/2019
NGC 7129 and NGC 7142
30/08/2019
The Elephant's Trunk Nebula in Cepheus
16/08/2019
The Cave Nebula in Infrared from Spitzer
11/06/2019
Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
31/05/2019
The Cave Nebula in Hydrogen, Oxygen, and Sulfur
14/11/2018
Barnard 150: Seahorse in Cepheus
25/10/2018
The Light, the Dark, and the Dusty
28/09/2018
The Iris Nebula in a Field of Dust
01/08/2018
Facing NGC 6946
24/02/2018
An Elephant's Trunk in Cepheus
16/01/2018
NGC 7822: Stars and Dust Pillars in Infrared
19/11/2017
NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea
26/10/2017
IC 1396: Emission Nebula in Cepheus
20/07/2017
Star Cluster, Spiral Galaxy, Supernova
25/05/2017