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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.
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Chamaeleon as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Via www.underthenightsky.com.
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