The Giraffe
Camelopardalis
Genitive: Camelopardalis · abbreviation Cam
Best evening month
January
Visible from
18°S to 90°N
Centre RA
5h 35m 00s
Centre Dec
+72° 00′
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Mythology & origin
A large, faint northern constellation added to fill an empty region between the Great Bear and Perseus.
Petrus Plancius · 1613