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 180→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Chamaeleon 180 2 Chamaeleon 180 3 Chamaeleon 180 4 Chamaeleon 180 5 Chamaeleon 180 6 Chamaeleon 180 7 Chamaeleon 180 8 Chamaeleon 180 9 Chamaeleon 180 10 Chamaeleon 180 11 Chamaeleon 180 12 Chamaeleon 180 13 Chamaeleon 180 14 Chamaeleon 180 15 Chamaeleon 180 16 Chamaeleon 180 17 Chamaeleon 180 18 Chamaeleon 180 19 Chamaeleon 180 20 Chamaeleon 180 21 Chamaeleon 180 22 Chamaeleon 180 23 Chamaeleon 180 24 Chamaeleon 180 25 Chamaeleon 180 26 Chamaeleon 180 27 Chamaeleon 180 28 Chamaeleon 180 1 Hydra 180 10 August 1949 11 August 1949 12 August 1949 13 August 1949 14 August 1949 15 August 1949 16 August 1949 17 August 1949 18 August 1949 19 August 1949 20 August 1949 21 August 1949 22 August 1949 23 August 1949 24 August 1949 25 August 1949 26 August 1949 27 August 1949 28 August 1949 29 August 1949 30 August 1949 31 August 1949 1 September 1949 2 September 1949 3 September 1949 4 September 1949 5 September 1949 6 September 1949 7 September 1949 8 September 1949
MS -27067 MS -27066 MS -27065 MS -27064 MS -27063 MS -27062 MS -27061 MS -27060 MS -27059 MS -27058 MS -27057 MS -27056 MS -27055 MS -27054 MS -27053 MS -27052 MS -27051 MS -27050 MS -27049 MS -27048 MS -27047 MS -27046 MS -27045 MS -27044 MS -27043 MS -27042 MS -27041 MS -27040 MS -27039 MD -27829 MD -27828 MD -27827 MD -27826 MD -27825 MD -27824 MD -27823 MD -27822 MD -27821 MD -27820 MD -27819 MD -27818 MD -27817 MD -27816 MD -27815 MD -27814 MD -27813 MD -27812 MD -27811 MD -27810 MD -27809 MD -27808 MD -27807 MD -27806 MD -27805 MD -27804 MD -27803 MD -27802 MD -27801 MD -27800