Camelopardalis

Details Camelopardalis Camelopardalis

Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4931. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

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(formerly sometimes spelled Camelopardus; the Giraffe; abbrev. Cam, gen. Camelopardalis; area 757 sq. deg.) A northern constellation which lies between Auriga and the north celestial pole, and culminates at midnight in late December. It represents the animal upon which Rebecca rode in Canaan to become the wife of Isaac, and was introduced by the Dutch theologian and geographer Petrus Plancius, who...

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