Talk:Camelopardalis

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"Invented"? How does somebody invent a constellation? Rick K 08:32, Jan 25, 2005 (UTC)

"Created" is probably a better term. JYolkowski 22:02, 25 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Or "newly designated" or "newly identified". ~~~~ 20:29, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

"Invented" seems better than "recorded" to me. The latter seems to imply (wrongly) that constellations are sitting there waiting to be discovered and named, like stars or planets! Gdr 19:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

They are! If planets and stars sit awaiting being discovered, then the constellations are too. Rursus 19:55, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Bah, we don't invent stars or planets. Locations of stars are of course natural, but star patterns are purely human inventions. Especially those which are created only to fill empty space between the older and more conspicuous patterns. Unless you'er one of those who believe that a piece of artwork already exist somewhere and the job of an artist is to discover it. ;)--JyriL ^talk 23:45, 10 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Greek myth

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However, as a desert, together with other features in the Zodiac sign of Gemini (i.e. the Milky Way, and the constellations Gemini, Orion, Auriga, and Canis Major), this may be the origin of the myth of the cattle of Geryon, which forms one of The Twelve Labours of Herakles.

I'm intrigued. What's the evidence for this claim? Gdr 19:17, 30 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Barfable visualisation

Those extremely ugly visualisations with lots of odd and sharp angles, besides being impossible to use in an amateur astronomer context (the only context when they are actually used), where does it come from? It's by all means certain that it is quite ahistoric, besides bugging me, and possibly also being laughable. Said: Rursus ☻ 20:33, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Mythology

Partially incorrect:

Camelopardalis has no mythology associated with its stars, as it is a modern constellation,

Hevelius associated it with the camel that Rebecka rode throught the desert to Isaac. Hevelius'es story is far fetched, since he assumes Camelopardalis is a camel, not a giraffe, but he is not that far from the desert/tent depiction that has been suggested being the Arabs depiction of the area of Camelopardalis. Said: Rursus (☻) 14:20, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, I mean Jacob Bartsch. Said: Rursus (☻) 14:21, 28 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]