Cepheus in 3D

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The image painted on the base grid is the relevant 2,938 ly x 2,938 ly section of the NASA/JPL-Caltech Milky Way map. The partial circle in the image is a portion of the smallest circle centered around the Sun in the NASA/JPL-Caltech Milky Way map, a circle with a radius of 750 light years. The base grid lies along the actual galactic plane.

Click here for a table of the data used to generate this view.

 

Cepheus Viewed From Earth

Constellation Cepheus

 

Bright Stars and Near Stars

 

Bright Stars in the Constellations

 

The Constellations and the Galactic, Supergalactic Planes