based upon the kinematic properties of the star and cluster, as well as the location of this star at a high galactic latitude in an area otherwise lacking in stellar associations. Over the course of a million years, this star should have moved only 1.4° across the sky, while it was estimated as being only two million years old. Runaway stars such as this with a stellar wind that is moving at supersonic velocity through the interstellar medium have their wind confined by a bow shock due to ram pressure. The dust in this bow shock can be detected using an infrared telescope. Just such a bow shock was observed with NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE. The star is traveling at a rate of somewhere between 680 and 4,200 kilometers per second: between 1.5 and 9.4 million mph. Chinese name In Chinese, (), meaning Right Wall of Purple Forbidden Enclosure, refers to an asterism consisting of α Camelopardalis, α Draconis, κ Draconis, λ Draconis, 24 Ursae Majoris, 43 Camelopardalis and BK Camelopardalis. Consequently, the Chinese name for α Camelopardalis itself is (, .), representing (), meaning Second Imperial Guard. 少衛 (Shǎowèi) is westernized into Shaou Wei by R. H. Allen, the meaning is "Minor Guard", but it is not clearly designated. References External links HR 1542, entry in the Bright Star Catalogue Alpha Camelopardalis in Aladin Image of the constellational matrix formed by viewing the constellational lines at 16,000 light-years from the sun. Spike at the left is Alpha Camelopardalis. O-type supergiants Emission-line stars Runaway stars Camelopardalis (constellation) Camelopardalis, Alpha BD+66 0358 Camelopardalis, 09 030614 022783 1542