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According to tradition, Cepheus was King of the ancient land of Ethiopia, and one of the players in the famous legend concerning his daughter, the princess Andromeda, the details of which may be found in the Andromeda story. Below is the depiction of the king from John Flamsteed's 1729 celestial atlas.

Cepheus Flamsteed 1729 (304K)

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