Camelopardalis
Sign in to saveCamelopardalis is a large but faint constellation of the Northern Sky representing a giraffe. The constellation was introduced in 1612 or 1613 by Petrus Plancius. Some older astronomy books give Camelopardalus or Camelopardus as alternative forms of the name, but the version recognized by the International Astronomical Union matches the genitive form, seen suffixed to most of its brighter stars.
AI overview
Camelopardalis is a large but faint constellation in the Northern Sky that depicts a giraffe and was introduced around 1612-1613 by astronomer Petrus Plancius. While older astronomy texts sometimes used alternative spellings of its name, the version recognized by the International Astronomical Union is now the standard for naming its stars.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Key facts
- Constellation.name
- Camelopardalis
- Constellation.abbreviation
- Cam
- Constellation.genitive
- Camelopardalis
- Constellation.pronounce
- , genitive the same
- Constellation.symbolism
- Giraffe
- Constellation.RA
- –
- Constellation.dec
- –
- Constellation.family
- Ursa Major
- Constellation.areatotal
- 757
- Constellation.arearank
- 18th
- Constellation.numbermainstars
- 2, 8
- Constellation.numberbfstars
- 36
- Constellation.numberbrightstars
Article
10 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Features
- Stars
- Deep-sky objects
- {{anchor|Meteor shower radiant}}Meteor showers
- History
- Equivalents
- See also
- References
- External links
Camelopardalis is a large but faint constellation of the Northern Sky representing a giraffe. The constellation was introduced in 1612 or 1613 by Petrus Plancius. Some older astronomy books give Camelopardalus or Camelopardus as alternative forms of the name, but the version recognized by the International Astronomical Union matches the genitive form, seen suffixed to most of its brighter stars.
==Etymology== First attested in English in 1785, the word camelopardalis comes from Latin, and it is the romanization of the Greek "καμηλοπάρδαλις" meaning "giraffe", from "κάμηλος" (kamēlos), "camel" + "πάρδαλις" (pardalis), "spotted", because it has a long neck like a camel and spots like a leopard.