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 -295→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Chamaeleon -295 2 Chamaeleon -295 3 Chamaeleon -295 4 Chamaeleon -295 5 Chamaeleon -295 6 Chamaeleon -295 7 Chamaeleon -295 8 Chamaeleon -295 9 Chamaeleon -295 10 Chamaeleon -295 11 Chamaeleon -295 12 Chamaeleon -295 13 Chamaeleon -295 14 Chamaeleon -295 15 Chamaeleon -295 16 Chamaeleon -295 17 Chamaeleon -295 18 Chamaeleon -295 19 Chamaeleon -295 20 Chamaeleon -295 21 Chamaeleon -295 22 Chamaeleon -295 23 Chamaeleon -295 24 Chamaeleon -295 25 Chamaeleon -295 26 Chamaeleon -295 27 Chamaeleon -295 28 Chamaeleon -295 1 Draco -294 9 January 1056 10 January 1056 11 January 1056 12 January 1056 13 January 1056 14 January 1056 15 January 1056 16 January 1056 17 January 1056 18 January 1056 19 January 1056 20 January 1056 21 January 1056 22 January 1056 23 January 1056 24 January 1056 25 January 1056 26 January 1056 27 January 1056 28 January 1056 29 January 1056 30 January 1056 31 January 1056 1 February 1056 2 February 1056 3 February 1056 4 February 1056 5 February 1056 6 February 1056 7 February 1056
MS -344621 MS -344622 MS -344623 MS -344624 MS -344625 MS -344626 MS -344627 MS -344628 MS -344629 MS -344630 MS -344631 MS -344632 MS -344633 MS -344634 MS -344635 MS -344636 MS -344637 MS -344638 MS -344639 MS -344640 MS -344641 MS -344642 MS -344643 MS -344644 MS -344645 MS -344646 MS -344647 MS -344648 MS -344593 MD -354204 MD -354203 MD -354202 MD -354201 MD -354200 MD -354199 MD -354198 MD -354197 MD -354196 MD -354195 MD -354194 MD -354193 MD -354192 MD -354191 MD -354190 MD -354189 MD -354188 MD -354187 MD -354186 MD -354185 MD -354184 MD -354183 MD -354182 MD -354181 MD -354180 MD -354179 MD -354178 MD -354177 MD -354176 MD -354175