Constellation Camelopardalis the Giraffe is a northern constellation bordering Auriga, Perseus, Cassiopeia, Cepheus, Ursa Minor, Ursa Major, Lynx and the obsolete constellation Custos Messium.

Camelpardalis was introduced by Petrus Plancius in 1613 and remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It spans 43 degrees of the zodiac in the Signs of Gemini and Cancer.

Camelopardalis Constellation Stars

2000	2050	Star	Name	Sp. Class	Mag.	Orb
06♊17	07♊00	CE Cam		A0	4.55	1°10′
06♊35	07♊17	CS Cam		B9	4.21	1°20′
07♊53	08♊36	BK Cam	Shang Cheng	B2	4.74	1°00′
11♊53	12♊35	BE Cam		M1	4.39	1°10′
14♊39	15♊21	γ Cam		A2	4.59	1°10′
19♊16	19♊59	7 Cam		A1	4.43	1°10′
20♊59	21♊41	α Cam	Shao Wei	O9	4.26	1°20′
21♊16	21♊59	β Cam		G0	4.03	1°20′
05♋41	06♋24	M Cam		K4	4.55	1°10′
06♋54	07♋36	43 Cam	Shang Wei	B7	5.11	1°00′
16♋45	17♋28	Σ 1694	Tian Shu	A1	5.38	1°00′
29♋33	00♌15	CO Cam	Da Li	A5	5.14	1°00′

γ Cam belonged to the obsolete constellation Custos Messium.

α Cam has the Chinese name Shao Wei, from  少衛 Shào Wèi, “Second Imperial Guard.” ^[1]

43 Cam has the Chinese name Shang Wei, from 上衛 Shàng Wèi, “First Imperial Guard.” ^[1]

BK Cam has the Chinese name Shang Cheng, from 丞 Shàng Chéng, “First Prime Minister.” ^[1]

CO Cam has the Chinese name Da Li, from 大理 Dà Lǐ, “Chief Judge.” ^[1]

Σ 1694 has the Chinese name Tian Shu, from 天樞 Tiān Shū, “Celestial Pivot.” ^[1]’

Camelopardalis Astrology

Robson

History. This constellation was formed by Bartschius in 1614 to represent the Camel that brought Rebecca to Isaac.

Influence. It is said to confer patience, endurance, and great wisdom, and to cause its natives to become teachers or instructors of some kind. ^[2]

Allen

Camelopardalis or Camelopardus, the Giraffe… is long, faint, and straggling like its namesake. It stretches from the pole-star to Perseus, Auriga, and the Lynx, the hind quarters within the Milky Way.

It was formed by Bartschius, who published it, in outline only, in 1614, and wrote that it represented to him the Camel that brought Rebecca to Isaac. Was it from this that Proctor attempted to change its title to Camelus ? — an alteration that seems to have been adopted only by Mr. J. Ellard Gore in his translation, in 1894, of Flammarion’s Astronomie Populaire. Weigel used it with Auriga to form his heraldic figure, the French Lilies.

The Chinese located seven asterisms within its boundaries: Hwa Kae, the State Umbrella, extending beyond Camelopardalis; Luh Kea, a term in anatomy; Shang Ching, the Higher Minister; Shang Wei, the Higher Guard; Shaou Wei, the Minor Guard; Sze Foo, the Four Official Supporters of the Throne; and Yin Tih, Unostentatious Virtue.

Argelander enumerates 84 naked-eye stars, and Heis 138; these culminating in the middle of January.

The 4th‑magnitude lucida is 20° north of Capella, below the left hock of the animal; and two others of the same brilliancy, 1° apart, are in front of the fore quarters. ^[3]

References

1. List of Chinese Star Names – Wikipedia.
2. Fixed Stars and Constellations in Astrology, Vivian E. Robson, 1923, p.33.
3. Star Names: Their Lore and Meaning, Richard H. Allen, 1889, p.106-107.