Ancient Babylonians & Ancient Greeks looked at this part of the night sky and said eh.

But then Petrus Plancius came along and slapped a giraffe on it -- thus, #camelopardalis was born!

For more on the history & some made up #myths about this constellation, check out this week's podcast: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Mythology #StarLore #constellations #Storytelling #giraffe #meme #silly

In this week's episode, we tried to create a #myth inspired by #GreekMythology for the #constellation #camelopardalis

While ours were (maybe) a little mid, the Oracle (#AI) paragraph had us like:

Listen to the full episode here & feel free to share your own #myth with us: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#Storytelling #AISlop #GIF #StarLore #Mythology #Myths #legends #writing #humor

In this week's podcast episode, we explore some giraffe lore, like this tale from East Africa: https://millennialmatriarchs.com/2022/06/23/twigas-tales-of-the-giraffe/

For more on the #mythology of the #constellation Camelopardalis (and related giraffe legends), you can check out this week's episode: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#nature #giraffe #legends #animals #storytelling #blog #ReadMore #camelopardalis #StarLore #StarryTime

📷 :https://pixabay.com/photos/giraffe-zebras-etosha-namibia-8054174/

New episode out!

Since Camelopardalis doesn't have a Greco-Roman #myth associated with it, we'll explore other giraffe lore & Wax Poetic to try to create a new myth for this part of the night sky.

Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-myths-and-retconstellations/

#StarLore #Camelopardalis #Legend #Storytelling #history #constellations #StarryTime #podcast

Here it is--Jordan's Gold Star selection for the #constellation Camelopardalis -- The Oyster Nebula aka Camel's Eye Nebula aka NGC 1501!

For more about this nebula & the #astronomy of Camelopardalis: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw1444a/

#astrophotography #astrodon #space #science #astronomy #Camelopardalis #Nebula #NGC1510 #Hubble #ESA #NASA #GoldStar

While we're talking about old multi-hyphenate guys we met in this week's episode...

I couldn't find a picture of Pieter van den Keere -- whose globe popularized the newfangled constellation, but I did find this... *interesting* (upsetting) engraving he published...

So, you're welcome, I guess. Back to #camelopardalis astrophotography tomorrow!

Listen to the pod here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/21470001

#astronomy #drawings #history #Historical #BritishMuseum #Art #Engraving #camelopardalis #globe #engraving

Time for a midweek break from #astrophotography from our #constellation of the #month #Camelopardalis to show you Petrus Plancius!

Who is Petrus Plancius? Another of the multi-hyphenate astronomers of the 1600s, who we met in this week's episode!

For more, check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrus_Plancius#/media/File:Petrusplancius.gif

#astronomer #astronomy #history #historical #AstroDon #space #science #constellation

More #astrophotography from #Camelopardalis -- this is the starburst galaxy NGC 1569!

Jordan shouted this out particular one during our Gold Star segment on this week's episode, here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw1626a/

#astronomy #AstroDon #space #podcast #space #science #NASA #ESA #NGC1569

Here's one of Jordan's honorable mentions for Gold Star in this week's #podcast about the #astronomy of the #constellation Camelopardalis -- this is NGC 2146 aka the Dusty Hand Galaxy!

For the gold star and other Cosmic Background about this constellation check out: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw1134a/

#astrophotography #space #science #astrodon #science #NASA #ESA #Hubble #galaxy #Camelopardalis

This week's #podcast episode is about the #astronomy of the #constellation #Camelopardalis, which means this week here on Mastodon we'll be posting #astrophotography from this constellation -- like this *stunning* galaxy Arp 184 or NGC 1961 from #Hubble 🤩

To listen to the pod: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/camelopardalis-cosmic-background/

📷 :https://esahubble.org/images/potw2517a/

#astronomy #astrodon #space #science #galaxy #NASA #ESA