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In 1624, Bartsch published ''Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati'', a book of star charts that included several new constellations first proposed around 1613 by the Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius. Among these was '''Camelopardalis''', the constellation representing a giraffe, which Bartsch depicted on his charts based on Plancius’s celestial globe created by Pieter van den Keere. |
In 1624, Bartsch published ''Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati'', a book of star charts that included several new constellations first proposed around 1613 by the Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius. Among these was '''Camelopardalis''', the constellation representing a giraffe, which Bartsch depicted on his charts based on Plancius’s celestial globe created by Pieter van den Keere. |
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His description of the constellation in ''Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati'' reads: <blockquote>V. CAMELOPARDALIS, ''Καμηλοπάρδαλις'', Ital. ''Giraffa, |
His description of the constellation in ''Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati'' reads: <blockquote>V. CAMELOPARDALIS, ''Καμηλοπάρδαλις'', Ital. ''Giraffa, Greyff'', animal cameli proceritate, pantherae colore, bovis pedibus: ex informibus circa polum arcticum, iis stellulis Cassiopeiae & Aurigam, recentioribus sic formatur. ''Mihi sit Camelus Rebeccae, quo cum Abrahami servo ad Isacum profecta.'' Gen. 24. v. 61 & 65. |
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Revision as of 05:11, 17 October 2025
One of the 88 IAU constellations.
Etymology and History
The Greek constellation ...
Origin of Constellation
Petrus Plancius (...)
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Jacob Bartsch (1600-1632)
In 1624, Bartsch published Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati, a book of star charts that included several new constellations first proposed around 1613 by the Dutch cartographer Petrus Plancius. Among these was Camelopardalis, the constellation representing a giraffe, which Bartsch depicted on his charts based on Plancius’s celestial globe created by Pieter van den Keere.
His description of the constellation in Usus astronomicus planisphaerii stellati reads:
V. CAMELOPARDALIS, Καμηλοπάρδαλις, Ital. Giraffa, Greyff, animal cameli proceritate, pantherae colore, bovis pedibus: ex informibus circa polum arcticum, iis stellulis Cassiopeiae & Aurigam, recentioribus sic formatur. Mihi sit Camelus Rebeccae, quo cum Abrahami servo ad Isacum profecta. Gen. 24. v. 61 & 65.
Camelopardalis, Καμηλοπάρδαλις, in Italian Giraffa, the giraffe. An animal the height of a camel, the colour of a panther, and the feet of an ox. It is formed from faint stars near the Arctic Pole, between Cassiopeia and Auriga, as established by more recent astronomers. Let it be to me the camel of Rebecca, with which she journeyed with Abraham’s servant to Isaac. (Genesis 24:61, 65)
