Camelopardalis

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Camelopardalis
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Abbreviation	Cam
Genitive	Camelopardalis
Symbology	the Giraffe
Right ascension	6 h
Declination	+70°
Area	List of constellations by area>Ranked 18th
Number of stars (magnitude < 3)	0
Brightest star	(Apparent magnitude>App. magnitude 4.03)
Meteor showers	None
Bordering constellations	Draco Ursa Minor Cepheus Cassiopeia Perseus Auriga Lynx Ursa Major
Visible at latitudes between +90° and −10° Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of February
Camelopardalis, Latin for giraffe, is the name of a large but faint northern constellation first recorded by Jakob Bartsch in 1624, but probably created earlier by Petrus Plancius. Contents 1 Notable features 2 Notable deep sky objects 3 Mythology 4 Graphic visualization 4.1 References 5 Notable and named stars 6 See also 7 External links Notable features Although Camelopardalis is the 18th largest constellation, it is not a particularly bright constellation, as the brightest stars are only of fourth magnitude. β Camelopardalis is the brightest star, at apparent magnitude 4.03. This star is a double star, with components of magnitudes 4.0 and 7.4. The second brightest is CS Camelopardalis (which has neither a Bayer nor Flamsteed designation). It is of magnitude 4.21 (slightly variable). In some astronomical reference books, one will often see an alternate spelling of this constellation as Camelopardis. In approximately 40000 years Voyager 1 will pass within 1.6 light years of AC+793888 in Camelopardalis. [link] Notable deep sky objects -->NGC 2403 is a spiral galaxy approximately 11 million light years distant. It is of magnitude 8.4. NGC 1502 is an open cluster around 6,800 light years distant. It is of magnitude 6.0. Mythology Camelopardalis has no mythology associated with its stars, as it is a modern constellation, first recorded by Jakob Bartsch. The faintness of the constellation, and that of the nearby constellation Lynx, lead to the early Greeks considering this area of the sky to be empty, and thus a desert. However, as a desert, together with other features in the Zodiac sign of Gemini (i.e. the Milky Way, and the constellations Gemini, Orion, Auriga, and Canis Major), this may be the origin of the myth of the cattle of Geryon, which forms one of The Twelve Labours of Herakles. Graphic visualization Diagram of a fuller way to connect the stars of the constellation Camelopardalis, in order to show a giraffe. The stars of the constellation Camelopardalis can be connected in a fuller way, which graphically shows a giraffe. The giraffe's body consists of the quadrangle of stars α Camelopardalis, β Camelopardalis, BE Camelopardalis, and γ Camelopardalis: α and β Camelopardalis being of the fourth magnitude. The stars HR 2209 and M Camelopardalis form the head of the giraffe, and the stars M Camelopardalis and α Camelopardalis form the giraffe's long neck. Stars beta Camelopardalis and 7 Camelopardalis form the giraffe's front leg, and variable stars BE Camelopardalis and CS Camelopardalis form the giraffe's hind leg. References H. A. Rey, The Stars — A New Way To See Them. Enlarged World-Wide Edition. Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1997. ISBN 0-395-24830-2. [NASA - Voyager Interstellar Mission Characteristics] Notable and named stars BD F Names and other designations Right ascension Declination Mag. Ly away Comments β 10 Beta Camelopardalis 05h03m25.1s +60°26′32″ 4.03 1000 CS Camelopardalis 03h29m04.1s +59°56′25″ 4.21v >4300 Alpha Cygni variable α 9 Alpha Camelopardalis 04h54m03.0s +66°20′34″ 4.29 >6900 7 7 Camelopardalis 04h57m17.2s +53°45′08″ 4.47 376 BE Camelopardalis 03h49m31.2s +65°31′34″ 4.47v 965 irregular variable M M Camelopardalis 07h00m04s +76°58′39″ 4.55 187 γ Gamma Camelopardalis 03h50m21.5s +71°19′56″ 4.63 335 HD_42818, HR 2209 06h18m50.8s +69°19′11″ 4.76 176 VZ Camelopardalis 07h31m04.4s +82°24′41″ 4.92v 473 semiregular variable 3 3 Camelopardalis 04h39m54.7s +53°04′47″ 5.05 496 Cepheid variable 11 11 Camelopardalis, BV Camelopardalis 05h06m08.5s +58°58′21″ 5.08v 671 Double star with 12 Camelopardalis Gamma Cassiopeiae variable 43 43 Camelopardalis 06h53m42.2s +68°53′18″ 5.12 1000 42 42 Camelopardalis 06h50m57.1s +67°34′19″ 5.14 867 31 31 Camelopardalis, TU Camelopardalis 05h54m57.8s +59°53′18″ 5.20v 405 Eclipsing binary 16 16 Camelopardalis 05h23m27.8s +57°32′40″ 5.28 4 4 Camelopardalis 04h48m00.3s +56°45′26″ 5.30 36 36 Camelopardalis 06h12m51.1s +65°43′06″ 5.32 2 2 Camelopardalis 04h39m58.1s +53°28′23″ 5.35 40 40 Camelopardalis 06h15m40.6s +59°59′57″ 5.35 37 37 Camelopardalis 06h09m59.1s +58°56′09″ 5.36 17 17 Camelopardalis 05h30m10.2s +63°04′02″ 5.42 5 5 Camelopardalis 04h55m03.1s +55°15′33″ 5.52 1 1 Camelopardalis 04h32m01.8s +53°54′39″ 5.77 51 51 Camelopardalis 07h46m40.1s +65°27′21″ 5.92 26 26 Camelopardalis 05h46m30.4s +56°06′56″ 5.94 193 53 53 Camelopardalis, AX Camleopardalis 08h01m42.4s +60°19′28″ 6.01v 321 Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable 24 24 Camelopardalis 05h43m01.6s +56°34′54″ 6.05 8 8 Camelopardalis 04h59m46.3s +53°09′20″ 6.08 12 12 Camelopardalis, BM Camelopardalis 05h06m12.2s +59°01′16″ 6.08v 625 Double star with 11 Camelopardalis RS Canum Venaticorum variable 15 15 Camelopardalis 05h19m27.8s +58°07′02″ 6.13 30 30 Camelopardalis 05h52m17.4s +58°57′51″ 6.14 19 19 Camelopardalis 05h37m15.1s +64°09′17″ 6.15 23 23 Camelopardalis 05h44m08.6s +61°28′36″ 6.17 47 47 Camelopardalis 07h22m17.2s +59°54′07″ 6.35 18 18 Camelopardalis 05h32m33.8s +57°13′16″ 6.48 49 49 Camelopardalis, BC Camelopardalis 07h46m27.4s +62°49′50″ 6.49v 265 Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable 14 14 Camelopardalis 05h13m31.3s +62°41′29″ 6.50 29 29 Camelopardalis 05h50m34.0s +56°55′08″ 6.53 28 28 Camelopardalis 05h46m54.60s +56°55′26.4″ 6.79 622 22 22 Camelopardalis 05h39m05.43s +56°21′36.4″ 7.03 196 Source: The [Bright Star Catalogue], 5th Revised Ed., The Hipparcos Catalogue, ESA SP-1200 See also Constellations introduced by Jakob Bartsch in his 1624 text Usus Astronomicus Planisphaerii Stellati Camelopardalis | Monoceros External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] [The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Camelopardalis]   From Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. 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