Cepheus

Constellation of the north polar region, named after King Cepheus of Greek mythology, husband of Cassiopeia and father of Andromeda. It contains the Garnet Star (Mu Cephei), a red supergiant of variable brightness that is one of the reddest-coloured stars known, and Delta Cephei, prototype of the Cepheid variables, which are important both as distance indicators and for the information they give about stellar evolution.

Cepheus

In Greek mythology, a king of Ethiopia, husband of Cassiopeia, and father of Andromeda. After their deaths both he and his wife were placed among the stars.