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 -498→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Chamaeleon -498 2 Chamaeleon -498 3 Chamaeleon -498 4 Chamaeleon -498 5 Chamaeleon -498 6 Chamaeleon -498 7 Chamaeleon -498 8 Chamaeleon -498 9 Chamaeleon -498 10 Chamaeleon -498 11 Chamaeleon -498 12 Chamaeleon -498 13 Chamaeleon -498 14 Chamaeleon -498 15 Chamaeleon -498 16 Chamaeleon -498 17 Chamaeleon -498 18 Chamaeleon -498 19 Chamaeleon -498 20 Chamaeleon -498 21 Chamaeleon -498 22 Chamaeleon -498 23 Chamaeleon -498 24 Chamaeleon -498 25 Chamaeleon -498 26 Chamaeleon -498 27 Chamaeleon -498 28 Chamaeleon -498 1 Draco -497 7 February 0674 8 February 0674 9 February 0674 10 February 0674 11 February 0674 12 February 0674 13 February 0674 14 February 0674 15 February 0674 16 February 0674 17 February 0674 18 February 0674 19 February 0674 20 February 0674 21 February 0674 22 February 0674 23 February 0674 24 February 0674 25 February 0674 26 February 0674 27 February 0674 28 February 0674 1 March 0674 2 March 0674 3 March 0674 4 March 0674 5 March 0674 6 March 0674 7 March 0674 8 March 0674
MS -480344 MS -480345 MS -480346 MS -480347 MS -480348 MS -480349 MS -480350 MS -480351 MS -480352 MS -480353 MS -480354 MS -480355 MS -480356 MS -480357 MS -480358 MS -480359 MS -480360 MS -480361 MS -480362 MS -480363 MS -480364 MS -480365 MS -480366 MS -480367 MS -480368 MS -480369 MS -480370 MS -480371 MS -480316 MD -493697 MD -493696 MD -493695 MD -493694 MD -493693 MD -493692 MD -493691 MD -493690 MD -493689 MD -493688 MD -493687 MD -493686 MD -493685 MD -493684 MD -493683 MD -493682 MD -493681 MD -493680 MD -493679 MD -493678 MD -493677 MD -493676 MD -493675 MD -493674 MD -493673 MD -493672 MD -493671 MD -493670 MD -493669 MD -493668