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 1305→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Chamaeleon 1305 2 Chamaeleon 1305 3 Chamaeleon 1305 4 Chamaeleon 1305 5 Chamaeleon 1305 6 Chamaeleon 1305 7 Chamaeleon 1305 8 Chamaeleon 1305 9 Chamaeleon 1305 10 Chamaeleon 1305 11 Chamaeleon 1305 12 Chamaeleon 1305 13 Chamaeleon 1305 14 Chamaeleon 1305 15 Chamaeleon 1305 16 Chamaeleon 1305 17 Chamaeleon 1305 18 Chamaeleon 1305 19 Chamaeleon 1305 20 Chamaeleon 1305 21 Chamaeleon 1305 22 Chamaeleon 1305 23 Chamaeleon 1305 24 Chamaeleon 1305 25 Chamaeleon 1305 26 Chamaeleon 1305 27 Chamaeleon 1305 28 Chamaeleon 1305 1 Hydra 1305 1 March 4066 2 March 4066 3 March 4066 4 March 4066 5 March 4066 6 March 4066 7 March 4066 8 March 4066 9 March 4066 10 March 4066 11 March 4066 12 March 4066 13 March 4066 14 March 4066 15 March 4066 16 March 4066 17 March 4066 18 March 4066 19 March 4066 20 March 4066 21 March 4066 22 March 4066 23 March 4066 24 March 4066 25 March 4066 26 March 4066 27 March 4066 28 March 4066 29 March 4066
MS 725096 MS 725097 MS 725098 MS 725099 MS 725100 MS 725101 MS 725102 MS 725103 MS 725104 MS 725105 MS 725106 MS 725107 MS 725108 MS 725109 MS 725110 MS 725111 MS 725112 MS 725113 MS 725114 MS 725115 MS 725116 MS 725117 MS 725118 MS 725119 MS 725120 MS 725121 MS 725122 MS 725123 MS 725124 MD 745228 MD 745229 MD 745230 MD 745231 MD 745232 MD 745233 MD 745234 MD 745235 MD 745236 MD 745237 MD 745238 MD 745239 MD 745240 MD 745241 MD 745242 MD 745243 MD 745244 MD 745245 MD 745246 MD 745247 MD 745248 MD 745249 MD 745250 MD 745251 MD 745252 MD 745253 MD 745254 MD 745255 MD 745256