Alpha Camelopardalis

Alpha Camelopardalis, Latinized from α Camelopardalis, is a star in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis. ^[1]

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Aladin Sky Atlas

Aladin is an interactive software sky atlas, created in France.

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Apparent magnitude

Apparent magnitude is a measure of the brightness of a star or other astronomical object.

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Beta Camelopardalis, Latinised from β Camelopardalis, is the brightest star in the northern constellation of Camelopardalis. Alpha Camelopardalis and Beta Camelopardalis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Camelopardalis, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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Binary star

A binary star or binary star system is a system of two stars that are gravitationally bound to and in orbit around each other.

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BK Camelopardalis

BK Camelopardalis is a variable star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis, near the constellation border with Cassiopeia. Alpha Camelopardalis and bK Camelopardalis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Camelopardalis, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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Bright Star Catalogue

The Bright Star Catalogue, also known as the Yale Catalogue of Bright Stars, Yale Bright Star Catalogue, or just YBS, is a star catalogue that lists all stars of stellar magnitude 6.5 or brighter, which is roughly every star visible to the naked eye from Earth. Alpha Camelopardalis and bright Star Catalogue are bright Star Catalogue objects.

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Camelopardalis

Camelopardalis is a large but faint constellation of the northern sky representing a giraffe.

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Carnegie Institution for Science

The Carnegie Institution for Science, also known as Carnegie Science and the Carnegie Institution of Washington, is an organization in the United States established to fund and perform scientific research.

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Chinese astronomy

Astronomy in China has a long history stretching from the Shang dynasty, being refined over a period of more than 3,000 years.

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Circumpolar star

A circumpolar star is a star that, as viewed from a given latitude on Earth, never sets below the horizon due to its apparent proximity to one of the celestial poles.

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Constellation

A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object.

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CS Camelopardalis

CS Camelopardalis (CS Cam; HD 21291) is a binary star in reflection nebula VdB 14, in the constellation Camelopardalis. Alpha Camelopardalis and cS Camelopardalis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Camelopardalis, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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CSIRO

The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) is an Australian Government agency responsible for scientific research.

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Effective temperature

The effective temperature of a body such as a star or planet is the temperature of a black body that would emit the same total amount of electromagnetic radiation.

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Epoch (astronomy)

In astronomy, an epoch or reference epoch is a moment in time used as a reference point for some time-varying astronomical quantity.

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Haleakalā Observatory

The Haleakalā Observatory, also known as the Haleakalā High Altitude Observatory Site, is Hawaii's first astronomical research observatory.

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Infrared

Infrared (IR; sometimes called infrared light) is electromagnetic radiation (EMR) with wavelengths longer than that of visible light but shorter than microwaves.

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International Celestial Reference System and its realizations

The International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) is the current standard celestial reference system adopted by the International Astronomical Union (IAU).

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Interstellar medium

The interstellar medium (ISM) is the matter and radiation that exists in the space between the star systems in a galaxy.

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Kappa Draconis

Kappa Draconis, Latinized from κ Draconis, is a blue giant star located in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. Alpha Camelopardalis and Kappa Draconis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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Lambda Draconis

Lambda Draconis (λ Draconis, abbreviated Lam Dra, λ Dra), also named Giausar, is a solitary, orange-red star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Draco. Alpha Camelopardalis and Lambda Draconis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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Light-year

A light-year, alternatively spelled light year (ly or lyr), is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and is equal to exactly 9,460,730,472,580.8 km (Scientific notation: 9.4607304725808 × 1012 km), which is approximately 5.88 trillion mi.

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List of Chinese star names

Chinese star names (Chinese:, xīng míng) are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology.

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NGC 1502

NGC 1502 (also known as the Golden Harp Cluster) is a young open cluster of approximately 60 stars in the constellation Camelopardalis, discovered by William Herschel on November 3, 1787. Alpha Camelopardalis and NGC 1502 are Camelopardalis.

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O-type star

An O-type star is a hot, blue-white star of spectral type O in the Yerkes classification system employed by astronomers.

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Orbital eccentricity

In astrodynamics, the orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a dimensionless parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.

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Photosphere

The photosphere is a star's outer shell from which light is radiated.

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Proper motion

Proper motion is the astrometric measure of the observed changes in the apparent places of stars or other celestial objects in the sky, as seen from the center of mass of the Solar System, compared to the abstract background of the more distant stars.

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Ram pressure

Ram pressure is a pressure exerted on a body moving through a fluid medium, caused by relative bulk motion of the fluid rather than random thermal motion.

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Romanization of Greek

Romanization of Greek is the transliteration (letter-mapping) or transcription (sound-mapping) of text from the Greek alphabet into the Latin alphabet.

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Solar luminosity

The solar luminosity is a unit of radiant flux (power emitted in the form of photons) conventionally used by astronomers to measure the luminosity of stars, galaxies and other celestial objects in terms of the output of the Sun.

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Solar mass

The solar mass is a standard unit of mass in astronomy, equal to approximately.

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Solar radius

Solar radius is a unit of distance used to express the size of stars in astronomy relative to the Sun.

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Spectral line

A spectral line is a weaker or stronger region in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum.

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Star

A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity.

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Star Names

Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning is an 1899 book by Richard Hinckley Allen that discusses the names of stars, constellations, and their histories.

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Stellar association

A stellar association is a very loose star cluster, looser than both open clusters and globular clusters.

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Stellar classification

In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics.

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Stellar kinematics

In astronomy, stellar kinematics is the observational study or measurement of the kinematics or motions of stars through space.

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Stellar parallax

Stellar parallax is the apparent shift of position (parallax) of any nearby star (or other object) against the background of distant stars.

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Stellar wind

A stellar wind is a flow of gas ejected from the upper atmosphere of a star.

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Supergiant

Supergiants are among the most massive and most luminous stars.

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Supersonic speed

Supersonic speed is the speed of an object that exceeds the speed of sound (Mach 1).

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Thuban

Thuban, with Bayer designation Alpha Draconis or α Draconis, is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Draco. Alpha Camelopardalis and Thuban are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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Ziwei enclosure

The Purple Forbidden enclosure (紫微垣 Zǐ wēi yuán) is one of the San Yuan (三垣 Sān yuán) or Three Enclosures.

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24 Ursae Majoris

24 Ursae Majoris is a variable star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Major, located 101.5 light-years from the Sun. Alpha Camelopardalis and 24 Ursae Majoris are bright Star Catalogue objects, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope

The 3.67 m Advanced Electro Optical System Telescope is a Department of Defense telescope at Haleakala Observatory.

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43 Camelopardalis

43 Camelopardalis is a single star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Camelopardalis, located roughly 1,060 light years away from the Sun based on parallax. Alpha Camelopardalis and 43 Camelopardalis are bright Star Catalogue objects, Camelopardalis, Henry Draper Catalogue objects and Hipparcos objects.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Camelopardalis

Also known as 9 Cam, 9 Camelopardalis, Alf Cam, Alpha Cam, BD +66 358, BD+66 358, FK5 178, GC 5924, HD 30614, HIP 22783, HR 1542, PPM 15047, SAO 13298, WDS J04541+6621, Α Cam, Α Camelopardalis.

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O-type supergiants

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