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Camelopardalis

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[kuh-mel-uh-pahr-dl-is, kam-uh-loh-] / kəˌmɛl əˈpɑr dl ɪs, ˌkæm ə loʊ- /

noun

Astronomy.
  1. the Giraffe, a northern constellation between Ursa Major and Perseus.


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Naval Observatory, it can be found in the constellation Camelopardalis.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2023

But the cameras also observed that Perseids meteors are closer to the constellation Cassiopeia in July when they are first detected, and nearer to the constellation Camelopardalis in September.

From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2017

On May 8 of the same year, a burst came from the direction of the constellation Camelopardalis.

From Textbooks • Oct. 13, 2016

The fifth type is, perhaps, the most extraordinary of all; it should represent not only the order Rasores among birds, but also the Camelopardalis among ruminating quadrupeds.

From Delineations of the Ox Tribe The Natural History of Bulls, Bisons, and Buffaloes. Exhibiting all the Known Species and the More Remarkable Varieties of the Genus Bos. by Vasey, George

Lynx.—This constellation is south of Camelopardalis and Ursa Major, and north of Gemini and Cancer.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard

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