Cepheus OB1 explained

Cepheus OB1
Epoch:J2000.0
Type:OB association
Constellation:Cepheus
Radius Ly:815

Cepheus OB1 is an OB association around the cluster NGC 7380. The region is approximately 3,400 parsecs from Earth in the constellation of Cepheus, although many of its stars lie in neighboring constellations like Cassiopeia.

Cepheus OB1 contains dozens of O and B class stars, but the brightest members are cool supergiants and hypergiants such as V509 Cassiopeiae (HR 8752) and RW Cephei.

Prominent stars
StarSpectral typeNotes
K2 0-Ia Variable, one of the largest stars known
M2.5 Iab / M3.5 Ib Variable, one of the largest stars known
DH CepheiO5.5 V / O6 VBinary
G0 Ia-0 Yellow hypergiant
K0ep-M2ep Ia + B0/B1 Binary
M4epIab + B Spectroscopic binary
WR 152WN3(h)Wolf–Rayet star

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