In Popular Culture
- In the TV sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun, the aliens' home planet is stated to be located in a barred spiral galaxy on the Cepheus-Draco border.
- The performer Deadmau5 named his song, "HR 8938 Cephei" after a star in the constellation.
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