T Cephei

T Cephei
T Cephei 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates617.689 : -308.885[e]
Star namesT Cephei

T Cephei (also known as The Devil's Eye and Typhon) is a red giant star located in the Deep Periphery.[1][2]

System Description[edit]

T Cephei is a significant astronomical feature in the spinward Deep Periphery. Located about 690 light-years from Terra, the star is rimward of Tortuga Prime and approximately 100 light-years past Filtvelt. It is a massive Mira variable red giant, so large that its circumference is greater than that of Terra's inner system and would be comparable to that of a full moon from a distance of 1.5 light-years.[1][2]

The location of T Cephei was indicated by Interstellar Expeditions on charts in 3095.[1]

Closest 20 systems (1 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Hope 34.3 New Gascony 65.5 Cooperland 65.8 New Hati 71.0
Tortuga Prime 88.9 New Port Royal 105.9 Ulvskollen 107.6 Fletcher's Feast 108.0
Fugeres 114.2 Merowinger 122.1 Mararn 127.3 Morgan's Holdfast 128.4
Frankson 131.5 Great Gorge 131.9 Baltar 139.8 Sodertalje 144.0
Lastpost 145.0 Valois 145.4 Skepptana 147.0 Gillingham 152.2

Notes[edit]

  • T Cephei was first identified in 2012 with the publication of Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3. Other than the astrographical location of the star, no information was provided on the system; in the absence of further information on the Deep Periphery no further detail is likely to be available on T Cephei.
  • Due to the age and size of the star, the system is not likely to have any planets.

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 62, "Deep Periphery (Spinward Sector)" map
  2. 2.0 2.1 Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 71, "Astrographical Overview"

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