(Beta Cephei) X-ray image of Alfirk (Chandra) The second brightest star in the constellation Cepheus and the prototype Beta Cephei star. Its Arabic name (also spelled `Alphirk”) may refer to `the two stars” (the other being Alderamin) or may come from a phrase meaning... Found on http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/Alfirk.html