The magnitude 9.07 secondary, BD+70260, designated component C, lies at an angular separation of 106.00arc seconds along a position angle of 85°, as of 2011. Component B is a magnitude 12.40 visual companion at a separation of 56.30arc seconds along position angle 247°.[4]
In Chinese astronomy, the sixth star in the right wall of the Purple Forbidden Enclosure is named Shào Wèi (The Second Imperial Guard, 少衛). While its identification varies across historical sources, it is consistently in Camelopardalis; it was identified as γ Camelopardalis in the Yuan dynasty, but as α Camelopardalis in more recent sources.[12] The IAU Working Group on Star Names approved the name Shaowei for γ Camelopardalis A on 25 December 2025, and it is now so entered in the IAU Catalog of Star Names.[10]
1234Johnson, H. L.; etal. (1966), "UBVRIJKL photometry of the bright stars", Communications of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, 4 (99): 99, Bibcode:1966CoLPL...4...99J.
12Cowley, A.; etal. (April 1969), "A study of the bright A stars. I. A catalogue of spectral classifications", Astronomical Journal, 74: 375–406, Bibcode:1969AJ.....74..375C, doi:10.1086/110819.
