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 1014→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Chamaeleon 1014 2 Chamaeleon 1014 3 Chamaeleon 1014 4 Chamaeleon 1014 5 Chamaeleon 1014 6 Chamaeleon 1014 7 Chamaeleon 1014 8 Chamaeleon 1014 9 Chamaeleon 1014 10 Chamaeleon 1014 11 Chamaeleon 1014 12 Chamaeleon 1014 13 Chamaeleon 1014 14 Chamaeleon 1014 15 Chamaeleon 1014 16 Chamaeleon 1014 17 Chamaeleon 1014 18 Chamaeleon 1014 19 Chamaeleon 1014 20 Chamaeleon 1014 21 Chamaeleon 1014 22 Chamaeleon 1014 23 Chamaeleon 1014 24 Chamaeleon 1014 25 Chamaeleon 1014 26 Chamaeleon 1014 27 Chamaeleon 1014 28 Chamaeleon 1014 1 Hydra 1014 7 September 3518 8 September 3518 9 September 3518 10 September 3518 11 September 3518 12 September 3518 13 September 3518 14 September 3518 15 September 3518 16 September 3518 17 September 3518 18 September 3518 19 September 3518 20 September 3518 21 September 3518 22 September 3518 23 September 3518 24 September 3518 25 September 3518 26 September 3518 27 September 3518 28 September 3518 29 September 3518 30 September 3518 1 October 3518 2 October 3518 3 October 3518 4 October 3518 5 October 3518 6 October 3518
MS 530537 MS 530538 MS 530539 MS 530540 MS 530541 MS 530542 MS 530543 MS 530544 MS 530545 MS 530546 MS 530547 MS 530548 MS 530549 MS 530550 MS 530551 MS 530552 MS 530553 MS 530554 MS 530555 MS 530556 MS 530557 MS 530558 MS 530559 MS 530560 MS 530561 MS 530562 MS 530563 MS 530564 MS 530565 MD 545264 MD 545265 MD 545266 MD 545267 MD 545268 MD 545269 MD 545270 MD 545271 MD 545272 MD 545273 MD 545274 MD 545275 MD 545276 MD 545277 MD 545278 MD 545279 MD 545280 MD 545281 MD 545282 MD 545283 MD 545284 MD 545285 MD 545286 MD 545287 MD 545288 MD 545289 MD 545290 MD 545291 MD 545292 MD 545293