Giraffen

Also known as the Giraffe, Camelopardalus, Camelopardi, Camelopardus, Cam

stjärnbild på norra stjärnhimlen

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.

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 382 inbound references to Giraffen, and connects out to former constellation, list of stars in Camelopardalis and Musca Borealis.

It is catalogued under topics including Camelopardalis, Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius and Northern constellations.

Vinony links it to 82 Wikipedia language editions.

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: 0
Constellation.numbernearbystars: 3
Constellation.brighteststarname: β Cam
Constellation.starmagnitude: 4.03
Constellation.neareststarname: Gliese 445
Constellation.stardistancely: 17.14

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: constellation
Part of: Northern celestial hemisphere
Official name: Camelopardalis
Area: 757
Shares border with: Draco
Image: CamelopardalisCC.jpg

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Commons category: Camelopardalis (constellation)
topic's main category: Category:Camelopardalis
Commons gallery: Camelopardalis
short name: Cam
time of discovery or invention: 1612-00-00
discoverer or inventor: Petrus Plancius
topic has template: Template:Stars of Camelopardalis
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4

Sources (5)

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Article · Svenska

Giraffen (Camelopardalis på latin) är en stjärnbild på den norra stjärnhimlen. Den är en av de 88 moderna stjärnbilderna som erkänns av den Internationella Astronomiska Unionen.

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