Camelopardalis, is the constellation which is towards west of Ursa Minor constellation. If you move your eyes towards east, you will see another constellation named Cepheus. In the North and South of Ursa Minor, you will find Cepheus and Draco constellations respectively. Ursa Minor is near to North Pole, and so is fully part of Northern Hemisphere.
It covers up 256 square degree area of the sky. Area wise it is 56th largest constellation in the sky.
We can gaze at this shape of Ursa Minor constellation round the year, as seen from India.
Ursa Minor
All you need is your naked eyes other than clear skies to see 42 stars of this constellations, as they are the one which are brighter than the lower limit of our naked eyes (i.e. 6.5 apparent magnitude) to see faintest stars. The brightest star of this constellation is Polaris. The Hindu name is Dhruva, which is also known as son of Uttanapada and grandson of Manu.
Constellations are made up of single, binary (apparent and absolute), multiple and variable stars. Out of total 42 stars of different types, here is the list of 20 brightest stars as per their nature:
As per Hindu mythology, there are no such known stories for this constellation.
Deep Sky Objects…
Polarissima Borealis or NGC 3172 || Lenticular Galaxy
NGC 6251 || Supergiant Ellipticial radio Galaxy
NGC 6217 || Barred Spiral Galaxy
All the stars that we see naked eyes, all belong to our own, Milky way galaxy (Akash Ganga Tara Vishv). Bright stars can be seen naked eye and faint one through telescope. But the curtain of sky that we see in 2D is actually a huge universe we are talking about, with 3 dimension. There are many nebulous objects visible in every constellations. They differ widely by distances and nature. Like Emission Nebula, Reflecting Nebula, Absorption Nebula, Star Birth Nebula, Supernova Remnants (SNR) and Open Starscluster which are within the disk of our own Milky Way galaxy. Globular cluster are also found, which are in the halo of our galaxy and some most distant objects like galaxies are also visible through telescope. Such objects are defined as “Deep Sky Objects”.
In this constellation there are 54 such different types of Deep Sky Objects observed. Below is the list of 20 brightest Deep Sky Objects:
your eyes towards east, you will see another constellation named Cepheus. In the North and South of Ursa Minor, you will find Cepheus and Draco constellations respectively. Ursa Minor is near to North Pole, and so is fully part of Northern Hemisphere.
Polarissima Borealis or NGC 3172 || Lenticular Galaxy
NGC 6251 || Supergiant Ellipticial radio Galaxy
NGC 6217 || Barred Spiral Galaxy