Camelopardalis constellation

Camelopardalis is a relatively young constellation: the Dutch theologian and cartographer Petrus Plancius introduced it in the early 17th century to fill a large, sparse region between the Pole Star, Auriga and Perseus. Its Latin name literally means “camel-leopard”, an old word for the giraffe. It has no bright stars; the brightest reaches only around fourth magnitude. What it does offer is Kemble's Cascade, a charming chain of faint stars that looks like a waterfall in binoculars and ends at the open cluster NGC 1502. The stars Tonatiuh and Mago carry names chosen in International Astronomical Union naming campaigns, and both are orbited by planets. From Central Europe, Camelopardalis is circumpolar and best seen high in the north on winter and spring evenings.