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Iota Cephei (ι Cep ι Cep) is a Class K0 third-magnitude star in the constellation Cepheus. Iota Cephei is an orange giant star located about 115 light-years from Earth. This star has 10.05 ± 0.18 times the Sun’s radius and about 1.8–2.2 times the mass of the Sun. It is emitting 49.6 ± 2.5 as much luminosity as the Sun which is being radiated from its outer atmosphere at an effective temperature of 4831 ± 74 K.