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 211→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Chamaeleon 211 2 Chamaeleon 211 3 Chamaeleon 211 4 Chamaeleon 211 5 Chamaeleon 211 6 Chamaeleon 211 7 Chamaeleon 211 8 Chamaeleon 211 9 Chamaeleon 211 10 Chamaeleon 211 11 Chamaeleon 211 12 Chamaeleon 211 13 Chamaeleon 211 14 Chamaeleon 211 15 Chamaeleon 211 16 Chamaeleon 211 17 Chamaeleon 211 18 Chamaeleon 211 19 Chamaeleon 211 20 Chamaeleon 211 21 Chamaeleon 211 22 Chamaeleon 211 23 Chamaeleon 211 24 Chamaeleon 211 25 Chamaeleon 211 26 Chamaeleon 211 27 Chamaeleon 211 28 Chamaeleon 211 1 Hydra 211 6 December 2007 7 December 2007 8 December 2007 9 December 2007 10 December 2007 11 December 2007 12 December 2007 13 December 2007 14 December 2007 15 December 2007 16 December 2007 17 December 2007 18 December 2007 19 December 2007 20 December 2007 21 December 2007 22 December 2007 23 December 2007 24 December 2007 25 December 2007 26 December 2007 27 December 2007 28 December 2007 29 December 2007 30 December 2007 31 December 2007 1 January 2008 2 January 2008 3 January 2008 4 January 2008
MS -6341 MS -6340 MS -6339 MS -6338 MS -6337 MS -6336 MS -6335 MS -6334 MS -6333 MS -6332 MS -6331 MS -6330 MS -6329 MS -6328 MS -6327 MS -6326 MS -6325 MS -6324 MS -6323 MS -6322 MS -6321 MS -6320 MS -6319 MS -6318 MS -6317 MS -6316 MS -6315 MS -6314 MS -6313 MD -6527 MD -6526 MD -6525 MD -6524 MD -6523 MD -6522 MD -6521 MD -6520 MD -6519 MD -6518 MD -6517 MD -6516 MD -6515 MD -6514 MD -6513 MD -6512 MD -6511 MD -6510 MD -6509 MD -6508 MD -6507 MD -6506 MD -6505 MD -6504 MD -6503 MD -6502 MD -6501 MD -6500 MD -6499 MD -6498