Constellations
Camelopardalis (Cam)
The Giraffe
Also known as giraffe.
6 looks for Camelopardalis
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Camelopardalis
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Giraffe
- IAU abbreviation
- Cam
- Its stars are named
- Camelopardalis (as in "Alpha Camelopardalis")
- Family
- Ursa Major family
- Where
- The northern sky: seen best from north of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in January
- Centre
- Right ascension 4h 46m, declination +66° 14′
- The figure
- 8 stars joined by 7 lines
- Brightest star
- β Cam, magnitude 4.03
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- β Cammag 4.03
- CS Cammag 4.21
- α Cammag 4.29
- 7 Cammag 4.47
- BE Cammag 4.47
- γ Cammag 4.63
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation