Camelopardalis OB1

Camelopardalis OB1 (Cam OB1) is a group of young stars that share a common origin and a similar motion through space, but, as a whole, are no longer gravitationally bound. The name indicates this stellar association is located in the area of the Camelopardalis constellation which includes a number of massive, short-lived OB stars. The association is ~3,300 ly (1,000 pc) distant from the Sun, with members lying between 500 pc and 1,500 pc away. It is located on the edge of the local Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy and lies outside the traditional Gould Belt.