Cam - Camelopardalis the Giraffe
Intro and Visual description
A huge and dim constellation located between Perseus and Ursa Major.
Origin and History
Shown by Hevelius in 1690. Created by Petrus Plancius in 1613, along with Monoceros.
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Bode (1801), Plate 1: Aries Planisphere Uranographia Tab I. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Arietis. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 2: Libra Planisphere Uranographia Tab II. Stellatum Hemisphaeri um Librae. Bode included two planisphere plates. They are not southern and northern hemispheres; each one has Polaris at the top and the south pole at the bottom. Each… |
1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 3 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 3: Camelopardalus and Rangifer From Bode, Tab 3. |
1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 5 | 1801 |
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Bode (1801), plate 5: Camelopardalis | 1801 |
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Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Camelopardalis more Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Camelopardalis, Tarandus, Custos Messium |
1825 |
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