... Ghost of the Cepheus Flare . ... Spooky shapes seem to haunt this starry expanse, drifting through the night in the royal constellation Cepheus. ... Star Trails and the Captain s Ghost . ... In fact, Mirach's Ghost is just a faint, fuzzy galaxy, well known to astronomers, that happens to be seen nearly along the line-of-sight to Mirach, a bright star. ... At the edge of a giant molecular cloud toward the northern constellation Cepheus, the glowing star forming region lies about 3,000 light-years...