Thursday, July 1, 2010

Camelopardalis

CamelopardalisCAMELOPARDALIS the Giraffe is a very unremarkable constellation, since no stars are brighter than magnitude 4. Fortunately for the giraffe, there are many galaxies and star clusters; NGC 1569 is a spectacular highlight! There are eight constellations nearby: Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Draco, Lynx, Perseus, Ursa Major, and Ursa Minor. Now you know more about Camelopardalis!

[Image reference: The Illustrated Atlas of the Universe (pg. 262)]
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Blog Background

The background has three Hubble Space Telescope images:

— LH 95 is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Dorado constellation.

— Ant Nebula (also called Menzel 3) is an aptly-named planetary nebula located in the constellation Norma.

— Egg Nebula (also called CL 2688) is a protoplanetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus.