IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Chamaeleon
The Chameleon
OriginKeyser/de Houtman
AbbreviationCha
GenitiveChamaeleontis
Pronunciation/kəˈmiːliən/ kə-MEE-lee-ən genitive /kəˌmiːliˈɒntɪs/ kə-MEE-lee-ON-tiss
cuh-MEAL-yun/cuh-MEAL-ee-un
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary Starα Chamaeleontis
Right Ascention 10h 35m Declination -78° 38'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.304 h (18.3 min)
Dutch navigators Keyser and de Houtman created the constellation Chamaeleon, “The Chameleon” at the end of the sixteenth century. Chameleons are small lizards that can change their colors based on their environments. They are common in Madagascar where the Dutch fleet resupplied on their way to the East Indies.
www.underthesky.com
Chamaeleon as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Chamaeleon -248→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Chamaeleon -248 2 Chamaeleon -248 3 Chamaeleon -248 4 Chamaeleon -248 5 Chamaeleon -248 6 Chamaeleon -248 7 Chamaeleon -248 8 Chamaeleon -248 9 Chamaeleon -248 10 Chamaeleon -248 11 Chamaeleon -248 12 Chamaeleon -248 13 Chamaeleon -248 14 Chamaeleon -248 15 Chamaeleon -248 16 Chamaeleon -248 17 Chamaeleon -248 18 Chamaeleon -248 19 Chamaeleon -248 20 Chamaeleon -248 21 Chamaeleon -248 22 Chamaeleon -248 23 Chamaeleon -248 24 Chamaeleon -248 25 Chamaeleon -248 26 Chamaeleon -248 27 Chamaeleon -248 28 Chamaeleon -248 1 Draco -247 14 June 1144 15 June 1144 16 June 1144 17 June 1144 18 June 1144 19 June 1144 20 June 1144 21 June 1144 22 June 1144 23 June 1144 24 June 1144 25 June 1144 26 June 1144 27 June 1144 28 June 1144 29 June 1144 30 June 1144 1 July 1144 2 July 1144 3 July 1144 4 July 1144 5 July 1144 6 July 1144 7 July 1144 8 July 1144 9 July 1144 10 July 1144 11 July 1144 12 July 1144 13 July 1144
MS -313196 MS -313197 MS -313198 MS -313199 MS -313200 MS -313201 MS -313202 MS -313203 MS -313204 MS -313205 MS -313206 MS -313207 MS -313208 MS -313209 MS -313210 MS -313211 MS -313212 MS -313213 MS -313214 MS -313215 MS -313216 MS -313217 MS -313218 MS -313219 MS -313220 MS -313221 MS -313222 MS -313223 MS -313168 MD -321906 MD -321905 MD -321904 MD -321903 MD -321902 MD -321901 MD -321900 MD -321899 MD -321898 MD -321897 MD -321896 MD -321895 MD -321894 MD -321893 MD -321892 MD -321891 MD -321890 MD -321889 MD -321888 MD -321887 MD -321886 MD -321885 MD -321884 MD -321883 MD -321882 MD -321881 MD -321880 MD -321879 MD -321878 MD -321877