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 526→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Chamaeleon 526 2 Chamaeleon 526 3 Chamaeleon 526 4 Chamaeleon 526 5 Chamaeleon 526 6 Chamaeleon 526 7 Chamaeleon 526 8 Chamaeleon 526 9 Chamaeleon 526 10 Chamaeleon 526 11 Chamaeleon 526 12 Chamaeleon 526 13 Chamaeleon 526 14 Chamaeleon 526 15 Chamaeleon 526 16 Chamaeleon 526 17 Chamaeleon 526 18 Chamaeleon 526 19 Chamaeleon 526 20 Chamaeleon 526 21 Chamaeleon 526 22 Chamaeleon 526 23 Chamaeleon 526 24 Chamaeleon 526 25 Chamaeleon 526 26 Chamaeleon 526 27 Chamaeleon 526 28 Chamaeleon 526 1 Hydra 526 26 July 2600 27 July 2600 28 July 2600 29 July 2600 30 July 2600 31 July 2600 1 August 2600 2 August 2600 3 August 2600 4 August 2600 5 August 2600 6 August 2600 7 August 2600 8 August 2600 9 August 2600 10 August 2600 11 August 2600 12 August 2600 13 August 2600 14 August 2600 15 August 2600 16 August 2600 17 August 2600 18 August 2600 19 August 2600 20 August 2600 21 August 2600 22 August 2600 23 August 2600 24 August 2600
MS 204265 MS 204266 MS 204267 MS 204268 MS 204269 MS 204270 MS 204271 MS 204272 MS 204273 MS 204274 MS 204275 MS 204276 MS 204277 MS 204278 MS 204279 MS 204280 MS 204281 MS 204282 MS 204283 MS 204284 MS 204285 MS 204286 MS 204287 MS 204288 MS 204289 MS 204290 MS 204291 MS 204292 MS 204293 MD 209929 MD 209930 MD 209931 MD 209932 MD 209933 MD 209934 MD 209935 MD 209936 MD 209937 MD 209938 MD 209939 MD 209940 MD 209941 MD 209942 MD 209943 MD 209944 MD 209945 MD 209946 MD 209947 MD 209948 MD 209949 MD 209950 MD 209951 MD 209952 MD 209953 MD 209954 MD 209955 MD 209956 MD 209957 MD 209958