Camelopardalis, the 18th largest constellation, was not recognized as a constellation by ancient astronomers but was designated in 1612 by Petrus Plancius, named after the Greek term for "camel ...

Stock 23, also known as Pazmino's Cluster, is a relatively inconspicuous open star cluster located in the constellation Camelopardalis. Initially categorized as an asterism, recent research confirms ...

A new meteor shower called May Camelopardalis is expected to peak in the early-morning hours on Saturday, May 24, with some forecasters predicting more than 200 meteors every hour. The shower, which ...

Friday, September 5 Look north late this evening to spot the constellation Camelopardalis slowly rising away from the horizon. Located just beneath W-shaped Cassiopeia around 11 P.M. local daylight ...

Figure 1: GALEX satellite image of the field of the dwarf nova Z Camelopardalis on 25 January 2004. Figure 4: Emission lines from the Z Cam nebulosity. Irregularities in the interstellar medium ...

I confess I've never seen the giraffe constellation. I know the general area and have hunted galaxies and star clusters there but have yet to take the time to connect its faint stars into the ...

The annual Perseid meteor shower will peak overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning.People in the Northern Hemisphere will be able to see the meteor shower, but it is most visible just before dawn, ...

You need to crane your neck up high the next clear evening, to see the Giraffe. Not unlike what you may have done at the zoo or game park, this celestial counterpart looks down at us in this position, ...

A new photo from the Hubble Space Telescope reveals the stunning structure of a distant spiral galaxy. The galaxy, called NGC 1961, is classified as an intermediate spiral galaxy with an active ...