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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
According to observations of Scholz and Gerth the super-giant 𝓿 Cep has a magnetic field with a maximum field strength up to 2500 Gauss. This field shows a period of about 5 years. It is unplausible that this magnetic field is a relic since 𝓿 Cep was formed by expansion of a B-star. We claim here that 𝓿 Cep represents a dynamo exciting a magnetic field which in the average strongly deviates from symmetry about the rotation axis.