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 -749→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Chamaeleon -749 2 Chamaeleon -749 3 Chamaeleon -749 4 Chamaeleon -749 5 Chamaeleon -749 6 Chamaeleon -749 7 Chamaeleon -749 8 Chamaeleon -749 9 Chamaeleon -749 10 Chamaeleon -749 11 Chamaeleon -749 12 Chamaeleon -749 13 Chamaeleon -749 14 Chamaeleon -749 15 Chamaeleon -749 16 Chamaeleon -749 17 Chamaeleon -749 18 Chamaeleon -749 19 Chamaeleon -749 20 Chamaeleon -749 21 Chamaeleon -749 22 Chamaeleon -749 23 Chamaeleon -749 24 Chamaeleon -749 25 Chamaeleon -749 26 Chamaeleon -749 27 Chamaeleon -749 28 Chamaeleon -749 1 Draco -748 15 November 0201 16 November 0201 17 November 0201 18 November 0201 19 November 0201 20 November 0201 21 November 0201 22 November 0201 23 November 0201 24 November 0201 25 November 0201 26 November 0201 27 November 0201 28 November 0201 29 November 0201 30 November 0201 1 December 0201 2 December 0201 3 December 0201 4 December 0201 5 December 0201 6 December 0201 7 December 0201 8 December 0201 9 December 0201 10 December 0201 11 December 0201 12 December 0201 13 December 0201
MS -648162 MS -648163 MS -648164 MS -648165 MS -648166 MS -648167 MS -648168 MS -648169 MS -648170 MS -648171 MS -648172 MS -648173 MS -648174 MS -648175 MS -648176 MS -648177 MS -648178 MS -648179 MS -648180 MS -648181 MS -648182 MS -648183 MS -648184 MS -648185 MS -648186 MS -648187 MS -648188 MS -648189 MS -648134 MD -666176 MD -666175 MD -666174 MD -666173 MD -666172 MD -666171 MD -666170 MD -666169 MD -666168 MD -666167 MD -666166 MD -666165 MD -666164 MD -666163 MD -666162 MD -666161 MD -666160 MD -666159 MD -666158 MD -666157 MD -666156 MD -666155 MD -666154 MD -666153 MD -666152 MD -666151 MD -666150 MD -666149 MD -666148