Cepheus

Japanese: ケフェウス座 - けふぇうすざ
Cepheus

A constellation located almost halfway between Cassiopeia and Polaris. It can be seen all year round in Japan, but it is only in autumn that it becomes easier to see as it rises high in the northern sky in the evenings. It is a pentagon or house-shaped string of five stars below the alpha star of 2.4 magnitude, and part of it is submerged in the Milky Way. In Greek mythology, it is said to represent the figure of Cepheus, the ancient king of Ethiopia, and is also the first character to appear in the constellation myths that unfold in the autumn night sky. Delta is known as a representative example of a "δ Cepheus type variable star" that regularly changes brightness from 3.5 magnitude to 4.4 magnitude with an exact period of 5 days, 8 hours, and 48 minutes. This type of star is important as a variable star that plays the role of a "lighthouse in the universe" because it is useful for measuring the distance of distant nebulae and other objects.

[Asahi Fujii]

"Constellations 'Autumn' by Hayashi Kanji (1987, Hoikusha)""Star Stories -- From 10 Billion Light Years Away by Patrick Moore, translated by Okazaki Akira and Yoshioka Kazuo (1992, Maruzen)""Hevelius Constellation Atlas, translated and annotated by Yabuuchi Kiyoshi (1993, Chijin Shokan)""Ciro's Starry Sky Calendar 10, The Story of Princess Andromeda -- Stars of Autumn and October by Fujii Akira (1993, Poplar Publishing)""Encyclopedia of the Constellations by Fujii Akira (2001, Kawade Shobo Shinsha)""Complete Constellations -- Winter Constellations by Fujii Akira (2003, Sakuhinsha)"

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Cepheus
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Cepheus


Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

カシオペヤ座と北極星のほぼ中間にある星座。日本では一年中見ることができるが、宵に北の空高く昇り見やすくなるのは秋のころとなる。2.4等のα(アルファ)星以下の星5個で五角形、あるいは家の形に星を連ね、一部は天の川の中に浸っている。ギリシア神話では古代エチオピア国王ケフェウスの姿を表したものとされ、秋の夜空に繰り広げられる星座神話のなかで最初に登場する人物でもある。δ(デルタ)星は、5日8時間48分の正確な周期で3.5等から4.4等まで規則正しく明るさを変える「ケフェウス座δ型変光星」の代表例として知られている。この種の星は、遠距離にある星雲などの距離を測るのに役だつため、「宇宙の灯台」的役割を担う変光星として重要視されている。

[藤井 旭]

『林完次著『星座「秋」』(1987・保育社)』『パトリック・ムーア著、岡崎彰・吉岡一男訳『星・物語――100億光年のかなたから』(1992・丸善)』『藪内清訳・解説『ヘベリウス星座図絵』(1993・地人書館)』『藤井旭著『チロの星空カレンダー10 アンドロメダ姫物語――秋・10月の星』(1993・ポプラ社)』『藤井旭著『全天星座百科』(2001・河出書房新社)』『藤井旭著『星座大全――冬の星座』(2003・作品社)』

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