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Camelopardalis

Camelopardalis or the Giraffe constellation is a large, faint grouping of stars in the northern sky. The constellation was introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by Petrus Plancius. Some older astronomy books give an alternative spelling of the name, Camelopardus.

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Camelopardalis (Chinese astronomy)

According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Camelopardalis is located in Three Enclosures (三垣, Sān Yuán)

The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 鹿豹座 (lù bào zuò), meaning "the leopard-deer constellation".