Camelopardalis – Derekscope

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Abbreviation: Cam

English Name: The Giraffe

Genitive: Camelopardalis

Hemisphere: Northern Hemisphere

Location: Between the constellations of Auriga and Ursa Minor.

Visible between latitudes: +90 and -10 degrees

Best season: Winter/Spring

Seen in three seasons: Autumn, Winter and Spring

Best seen in: January

Seen between: Circumpolar (This constellation of Camelopardalis stays in the sky all the year.)

Right Ascension (RA): 06 hour

Declination (DEC): +70 degrees

Area (square degrees): 757 (18th)

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Camelopardalis (The Giraffe)

It is a large but faint constellation of the northern sky as circumpolar – always visible.
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The Space Probe – Voyager 1, is moving in the direction of this constellation, though it will not be nearing any of the stars in this constellation for many thousands of years, by which time its batteries will be long dead.

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Messier Objects in Camelopardalis.

No Messier objects in Camelopardalis.

Other objects in Camelopardalis.

Features of Interest

NGC1502 – Open Cluster visible with binoculars.
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NGC2403 – Spiral Galaxy of magnitude +8.5, reasonably easy to detect in binoculars under good conditions.

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Named Stars

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Planetarium / Constellation Map

Live constellation visible
from the UK :- Planetarium (Camelopardalis)

Best Seen in:
January

Seen between:
Circumpolar

IAU Sky Chart: Camelopardalis

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Constellations – Visible from the UK

(50 constellations above are visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Parts visible from the UK

(11 constellations above are partially visible from the United Kingdom.)

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Constellations: Southern Celestial Hemisphere
…..– never seen from the UK

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