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 -732→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Chamaeleon -732 2 Chamaeleon -732 3 Chamaeleon -732 4 Chamaeleon -732 5 Chamaeleon -732 6 Chamaeleon -732 7 Chamaeleon -732 8 Chamaeleon -732 9 Chamaeleon -732 10 Chamaeleon -732 11 Chamaeleon -732 12 Chamaeleon -732 13 Chamaeleon -732 14 Chamaeleon -732 15 Chamaeleon -732 16 Chamaeleon -732 17 Chamaeleon -732 18 Chamaeleon -732 19 Chamaeleon -732 20 Chamaeleon -732 21 Chamaeleon -732 22 Chamaeleon -732 23 Chamaeleon -732 24 Chamaeleon -732 25 Chamaeleon -732 26 Chamaeleon -732 27 Chamaeleon -732 28 Chamaeleon -732 1 Draco -731 8 November 0233 9 November 0233 10 November 0233 11 November 0233 12 November 0233 13 November 0233 14 November 0233 15 November 0233 16 November 0233 17 November 0233 18 November 0233 19 November 0233 20 November 0233 21 November 0233 22 November 0233 23 November 0233 24 November 0233 25 November 0233 26 November 0233 27 November 0233 28 November 0233 29 November 0233 30 November 0233 1 December 0233 2 December 0233 3 December 0233 4 December 0233 5 December 0233 6 December 0233 7 December 0233
MS -636796 MS -636797 MS -636798 MS -636799 MS -636800 MS -636801 MS -636802 MS -636803 MS -636804 MS -636805 MS -636806 MS -636807 MS -636808 MS -636809 MS -636810 MS -636811 MS -636812 MS -636813 MS -636814 MS -636815 MS -636816 MS -636817 MS -636818 MS -636819 MS -636820 MS -636821 MS -636822 MS -636823 MS -636768 MD -654495 MD -654494 MD -654493 MD -654492 MD -654491 MD -654490 MD -654489 MD -654488 MD -654487 MD -654486 MD -654485 MD -654484 MD -654483 MD -654482 MD -654481 MD -654480 MD -654479 MD -654478 MD -654477 MD -654476 MD -654475 MD -654474 MD -654473 MD -654472 MD -654471 MD -654470 MD -654469 MD -654468 MD -654467 MD -654466