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 1356→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Chamaeleon 1356 2 Chamaeleon 1356 3 Chamaeleon 1356 4 Chamaeleon 1356 5 Chamaeleon 1356 6 Chamaeleon 1356 7 Chamaeleon 1356 8 Chamaeleon 1356 9 Chamaeleon 1356 10 Chamaeleon 1356 11 Chamaeleon 1356 12 Chamaeleon 1356 13 Chamaeleon 1356 14 Chamaeleon 1356 15 Chamaeleon 1356 16 Chamaeleon 1356 17 Chamaeleon 1356 18 Chamaeleon 1356 19 Chamaeleon 1356 20 Chamaeleon 1356 21 Chamaeleon 1356 22 Chamaeleon 1356 23 Chamaeleon 1356 24 Chamaeleon 1356 25 Chamaeleon 1356 26 Chamaeleon 1356 27 Chamaeleon 1356 28 Chamaeleon 1356 1 Hydra 1356 12 February 4162 13 February 4162 14 February 4162 15 February 4162 16 February 4162 17 February 4162 18 February 4162 19 February 4162 20 February 4162 21 February 4162 22 February 4162 23 February 4162 24 February 4162 25 February 4162 26 February 4162 27 February 4162 28 February 4162 1 March 4162 2 March 4162 3 March 4162 4 March 4162 5 March 4162 6 March 4162 7 March 4162 8 March 4162 9 March 4162 10 March 4162 11 March 4162 12 March 4162 13 March 4162
MS 759195 MS 759196 MS 759197 MS 759198 MS 759199 MS 759200 MS 759201 MS 759202 MS 759203 MS 759204 MS 759205 MS 759206 MS 759207 MS 759208 MS 759209 MS 759210 MS 759211 MS 759212 MS 759213 MS 759214 MS 759215 MS 759216 MS 759217 MS 759218 MS 759219 MS 759220 MS 759221 MS 759222 MS 759223 MD 780274 MD 780275 MD 780276 MD 780277 MD 780278 MD 780279 MD 780280 MD 780281 MD 780282 MD 780283 MD 780284 MD 780285 MD 780286 MD 780287 MD 780288 MD 780289 MD 780290 MD 780291 MD 780292 MD 780293 MD 780294 MD 780295 MD 780296 MD 780297 MD 780298 MD 780299 MD 780300 MD 780301 MD 780302 MD 780303