#cepheus — Public Fediverse posts

🎆 Starhopping!

#Orion #Bootes #Auriga #Cepheus #Ursa #NavisArgo #Pegasus #Phaethon #Cetus #Corona #Cassiopeia #Andromeda #Centaurus #Equuleus #Hydra & more.

Source: Fazio degli Uberti, II Dittamondo ["Accounts of the World"] , avec le commentaire d' Andrea Morena da Lodi.
Milan c.1447.

https://iiif.biblissima.fr/collections/manifest/310b5207291c3d963d0fcdff5f45eeb6702ce31f

#medieval #arthistory #art #iconography #stars #mythology #manuscripts #constellations

🎆 Starhopping!

#Orion #Bootes #Auriga #Cepheus #Ursa #NavisArgo #Pegasus #Phaethon #Cetus #Corona #Cassiopeia #Andromeda #Centaurus #Equuleus #Hydra & more.

Source: Fazio degli Uberti, II Dittamondo ["Accounts of the World"] , avec le commentaire d' Andrea Morena da Lodi.
Milan c.1447.

https://iiif.biblissima.fr/collections/manifest/310b5207291c3d963d0fcdff5f45eeb6702ce31f

#medieval #arthistory #art #iconography #stars #mythology #manuscripts #constellations

A great article on the various Traveller/Cepheus Engine games.

https://mtb-za.github.io/says-who/thoughts/2026/06/cepheus_hacks/

#TTRPG #TravellerRpg #Traveller #CepheusEngine #Cepheus #ClassicTraveller

A great article on the various Traveller/Cepheus Engine games.

https://mtb-za.github.io/says-who/thoughts/2026/06/cepheus_hacks/

#TTRPG #TravellerRpg #Traveller #CepheusEngine #Cepheus #ClassicTraveller

@deinol Thanks! Also I searched and found this review which I found helpful for understanding what Cepheus Deluxe is like:

https://deathtrap-games.blogspot.com/2025/10/game-review-cepheus-deluxe-enhanced.html

#traveller #cepheus #ttrpg

@deinol Thanks! Also I searched and found this review which I found helpful for understanding what Cepheus Deluxe is like:

https://deathtrap-games.blogspot.com/2025/10/game-review-cepheus-deluxe-enhanced.html

#traveller #cepheus #ttrpg

I wasn’t going to back the D&D Traveller project because I’m not particularly happy with the World’s Largest team and I like Mongoose even less, but $350 for four books is ridiculous.

If I wanted to run Traveller more like D&D I’d hack Nimble, but I prefer a Frankenstein made of Classic, T5, and Cepheus anyway.

#TTRPG #T5 #Traveller #T20 #TravellerRpg #ClassicTraveller #Cepheus

I wasn’t going to back the D&D Traveller project because I’m not particularly happy with the World’s Largest team and I like Mongoose even less, but $350 for four books is ridiculous.

If I wanted to run Traveller more like D&D I’d hack Nimble, but I prefer a Frankenstein made of Classic, T5, and Cepheus anyway.

#TTRPG #T5 #Traveller #T20 #TravellerRpg #ClassicTraveller #Cepheus

In trying to explain Traveller to the OSR discord I spent way too much time on this chart.

Short answer: support indie creators there’s awesome stuff in the Cepheus space. And this is the tip of the iceberg.

#TTRPG #Traveller #TravellerRpg #Cepheus #CepheusEngine #ClassicTraveller

In trying to explain Traveller to the OSR discord I spent way too much time on this chart.

Short answer: support indie creators there’s awesome stuff in the Cepheus space. And this is the tip of the iceberg.

#TTRPG #Traveller #TravellerRpg #Cepheus #CepheusEngine #ClassicTraveller

This is NGC 2276 -- a beautiful spiral galaxy located in the #constellation #Cepheus

We covered the awesome #astronomy in this constellation last season--listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/heic2106a/

#astrophotography #space #science #astronomy #Cepheus #Hubble #AstroDon

This is NGC 2276 -- a beautiful spiral galaxy located in the #constellation #Cepheus

We covered the awesome #astronomy in this constellation last season--listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/cepheus-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/heic2106a/

#astrophotography #space #science #astronomy #Cepheus #Hubble #AstroDon

Sh2-171 – The Question Mark Nebula in Cepheus. A two-panel mosaic covering over 100 light-years of active star formation, powered by Berkeley 59 — a cluster just 2 million years old. Its O5V star BD+66 1673 burns at 45,000 Kelvin, sculpting the dark pillars visible throughout the frame. Processed in Hubble Palette (HSO).

https://adfr.io/astro/20260310_sh2-171

#Astrophotography #Narrowband #Sh2171 #NGC7822 #Cepheus #HubblePalette #DeepSky #Nebula #astrodon #astrophoto #deepsky

Sh2-171 – The Question Mark Nebula in Cepheus. A two-panel mosaic covering over 100 light-years of active star formation, powered by Berkeley 59 — a cluster just 2 million years old. Its O5V star BD+66 1673 burns at 45,000 Kelvin, sculpting the dark pillars visible throughout the frame. Processed in Hubble Palette (HSO).

https://adfr.io/astro/20260310_sh2-171

#Astrophotography #Narrowband #Sh2171 #NGC7822 #Cepheus #HubblePalette #DeepSky #Nebula #astrodon #astrophoto #deepsky

LDN 1235 (the Shark Nebula) in Cepheus, ~650 ly away. A dark dust cloud revealed by the Milky Way star field it extinguishes, with faint blue reflection near the head (vdB 149/150).

Full image: https://adfr.io/astro/20260120_ldn1235

#astrodon #astrophotography #deepsky #darknebula #LDN1235 #SharkNebula #Cepheus

LDN 1235 (the Shark Nebula) in Cepheus, ~650 ly away. A dark dust cloud revealed by the Milky Way star field it extinguishes, with faint blue reflection near the head (vdB 149/150).

Full image: https://adfr.io/astro/20260120_ldn1235

#astrodon #astrophotography #deepsky #darknebula #LDN1235 #SharkNebula #Cepheus

@ng76 I like the sound of the combat sheets! Do you have an example?

#ttrpg #cepheus #traveller

@ng76 I like the sound of the combat sheets! Do you have an example?

#ttrpg #cepheus #traveller

#TTRPG friends, what are your favorite Space Opera adventures, modules, and settings published in the last 10 years? 🪐

I'm specifically looking for space opera, not space horror like Alien or Mothership. I know those can be great, but I'm looking for a more Traveller-like vibe with trade, politics, high-tech, exploration, FTL space travel and the like 🚀.

#SpaceOpera #Cepheus #Traveller #SWN #SciFi

📸 Lynds Dark Nebula 1251
Also known as the Rotten Fish Nebula, LDN 1251 is a dark molecular cloud where stars are forming. It lies about 1,000 light-years away in Cepheus and spans over 25 light-years.

📅 APOD – July 10, 2025
📷 Credit: Cristiano Gualco

#APOD #NASA #LDN1251 #RottenFishNebula #DarkNebula #StarFormation #Cepheus #MilkyWay #Astrophotography #StellarNursery #Nebula #Stargazing #Astronomy #Cosmos #StellarSnap

📸 NGC 6946 and NGC 6939
This deep-sky image shows two cosmic neighbors in Cepheus: open star cluster NGC 6939 at 5,600 light-years and spiral galaxy NGC 6946, The Fireworks Galaxy, at 22 million light-years. Over 68 hours of exposure reveal stunning detail and faint dust lanes.

📅 July 4, 2025
📷 Alberto Pisabarro / https://www.loscoloresinvisibles.com/en
🔗 https://stellarsnap.space

#APOD #NGC6946 #FireworksGalaxy #NGC6939 #Cepheus #SpiralGalaxy #OpenCluster #DeepSky #Astrophotography #StellarSnap #NightSky

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/19875/Wild-Bee-Publishing Most PDF's and Books are $5 off, and the Bundle discounted a further $4.

Mayday! A gunship escorting a cargo launch is attacked by combat wasp drones. Picture by RikoBest

Kosmic/Solis is a gritty, near future setting using accurate maps representing 3D space of 550 of the nearest star systems to Earth, Sol.

While the Prime Minister of Earth reads ancient poetry about "subtle boundaries" the people on the frontier find reality has a HARD EDGE.

#Cepheus #TravellerRPG

The Elephant’s Trunk in #Cepheus
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241121.html

#APOD #ElephantsTrunk

The Elephant’s Trunk in #Cepheus
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241121.html

#APOD #ElephantsTrunk

The #DarkSeahorse of #Cepheus
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap241019.html

#APOD

Took a look at another Cepheus Engine game, Kosmic Rpg. One thing I love about all these, it’s easy to steal parts from different ones.

Kosmic right now has the closest to what I would make for character creation. It’s got 39 careers, which is probably more than I would make, but that’s okay because you only have to use the ones you like. But more importantly, each one has its own d66 events chart.

Magnificent.

#TTRPG #Kosmic #KosmicRpg #Cepheus #OGL #CepheusEngine #Traveller #TravellerRpg

Games I am excited about are Cepheus Universal and FTL: Nomad.

But I’m a sucker for Traveller like sci-fi games.

https://www.paulelliottbooks.com/cepheus-universal.html

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/479380/faster-than-light-nomad

#TTRPG #Cepheus #CepheusEngine #CepheusUniversal #FTLNomad #Traveller #TravellerRpg #OpenGaming #OGL #ClassicTraveller #SciFi #SciFiRpg

#SciFi #TTRPG One-Shot Jam over on Itch: https://itch.io/jam/sci-fi-one-shot-jam-2024. Post a one-shot scenario on the theme of Stellar Phenomena for #Traveller, #Cepheus, or another sci-fi RPG.

I don’t advertise every KS I back, but I like supporting the independent creators who have been doing creative things with Cepheus Engine, the OGL version of Traveller.

Sword of Cepheus takes the 2d6 mechanics of Traveller and uses them for a fantasy game.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/482738549/the-sword-of-cepheus-second-edition

#TTRPG #Cepheus #CepheusEngine #SwordOfCepheus #Fantasy #FantasyRpg #OGL #OpenGaming #Traveller #TravellerRpg #ClassicTraveller

Here is a 3.3 x 2.2 degrees field of view in the constellation of Cepheus that includes many objects; the Lobster Claw Nebula (Sharpless 2-157), the Bubble Nebula (NGC 7635), the NGC 7538 emission nebula and the Sharpless 2-161 H II region, as well as the Messier 52 and NGC 7510 open clusters.

The data was captured under bright moonlight on three nights between August 27 and September 3. The moonlight made the data noisy and difficult to process.

High resolution, annotated versions and technical details on Telescopius: https://telescopius.com/pictures/view/161524/deep_sky/bubble-nebula/NGC/7635/diffuse-nebula/by-drgfreeman

#astrophotography #astronomy #nebula #cepheus #deepsky #photography #astroberry #kstars #ekos #phd2 #raspberrypi #astrodon

Image license: CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

A Cosmic Zoo in #Cepheus
#Astronomy #Picture of the Day

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230817.html

#APOD

#SkyWatch #Astrophotography #NGC7380 is an open cluster of young stars in the #Cepheus constellation. The surrounding nebula is about 7200 light years away and is sometimes called the #Wizard Nebula. This image is nearly 5 hours (29x600 seconds) of exposures that I captured last night. #StillLearning