Space exploration began with the launch of Sputnik and Astrophysics was born as the application of physics to the phenomena observed by Astronomy, which etymologically means laws of the stars.
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| Camelopardalis Camelopardus; The Giraff |
A large but inconspicuous constellation occupying a sparse region of the sky near the north celestial pole. It was first recorded in 1624 by the German mathematician Jakob Bartsch, a son-in-law of Johannes Kepler.
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