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 3→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Chamaeleon 3 2 Chamaeleon 3 3 Chamaeleon 3 4 Chamaeleon 3 5 Chamaeleon 3 6 Chamaeleon 3 7 Chamaeleon 3 8 Chamaeleon 3 9 Chamaeleon 3 10 Chamaeleon 3 11 Chamaeleon 3 12 Chamaeleon 3 13 Chamaeleon 3 14 Chamaeleon 3 15 Chamaeleon 3 16 Chamaeleon 3 17 Chamaeleon 3 18 Chamaeleon 3 19 Chamaeleon 3 20 Chamaeleon 3 21 Chamaeleon 3 22 Chamaeleon 3 23 Chamaeleon 3 24 Chamaeleon 3 25 Chamaeleon 3 26 Chamaeleon 3 27 Chamaeleon 3 28 Chamaeleon 3 1 Hydra 3 7 August 1616 8 August 1616 9 August 1616 10 August 1616 11 August 1616 12 August 1616 13 August 1616 14 August 1616 15 August 1616 16 August 1616 17 August 1616 18 August 1616 19 August 1616 20 August 1616 21 August 1616 22 August 1616 23 August 1616 24 August 1616 25 August 1616 26 August 1616 27 August 1616 28 August 1616 29 August 1616 30 August 1616 31 August 1616 1 September 1616 2 September 1616 3 September 1616 4 September 1616 5 September 1616
MS -145408 MS -145407 MS -145406 MS -145405 MS -145404 MS -145403 MS -145402 MS -145401 MS -145400 MS -145399 MS -145398 MS -145397 MS -145396 MS -145395 MS -145394 MS -145393 MS -145392 MS -145391 MS -145390 MS -145389 MS -145388 MS -145387 MS -145386 MS -145385 MS -145384 MS -145383 MS -145382 MS -145381 MS -145380 MD -149457 MD -149456 MD -149455 MD -149454 MD -149453 MD -149452 MD -149451 MD -149450 MD -149449 MD -149448 MD -149447 MD -149446 MD -149445 MD -149444 MD -149443 MD -149442 MD -149441 MD -149440 MD -149439 MD -149438 MD -149437 MD -149436 MD -149435 MD -149434 MD -149433 MD -149432 MD -149431 MD -149430 MD -149429 MD -149428