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 779→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Chamaeleon 779 2 Chamaeleon 779 3 Chamaeleon 779 4 Chamaeleon 779 5 Chamaeleon 779 6 Chamaeleon 779 7 Chamaeleon 779 8 Chamaeleon 779 9 Chamaeleon 779 10 Chamaeleon 779 11 Chamaeleon 779 12 Chamaeleon 779 13 Chamaeleon 779 14 Chamaeleon 779 15 Chamaeleon 779 16 Chamaeleon 779 17 Chamaeleon 779 18 Chamaeleon 779 19 Chamaeleon 779 20 Chamaeleon 779 21 Chamaeleon 779 22 Chamaeleon 779 23 Chamaeleon 779 24 Chamaeleon 779 25 Chamaeleon 779 26 Chamaeleon 779 27 Chamaeleon 779 28 Chamaeleon 779 1 Hydra 779 22 July 3076 23 July 3076 24 July 3076 25 July 3076 26 July 3076 27 July 3076 28 July 3076 29 July 3076 30 July 3076 31 July 3076 1 August 3076 2 August 3076 3 August 3076 4 August 3076 5 August 3076 6 August 3076 7 August 3076 8 August 3076 9 August 3076 10 August 3076 11 August 3076 12 August 3076 13 August 3076 14 August 3076 15 August 3076 16 August 3076 17 August 3076 18 August 3076 19 August 3076 20 August 3076
MS 373418 MS 373419 MS 373420 MS 373421 MS 373422 MS 373423 MS 373424 MS 373425 MS 373426 MS 373427 MS 373428 MS 373429 MS 373430 MS 373431 MS 373432 MS 373433 MS 373434 MS 373435 MS 373436 MS 373437 MS 373438 MS 373439 MS 373440 MS 373441 MS 373442 MS 373443 MS 373444 MS 373445 MS 373446 MD 383781 MD 383782 MD 383783 MD 383784 MD 383785 MD 383786 MD 383787 MD 383788 MD 383789 MD 383790 MD 383791 MD 383792 MD 383793 MD 383794 MD 383795 MD 383796 MD 383797 MD 383798 MD 383799 MD 383800 MD 383801 MD 383802 MD 383803 MD 383804 MD 383805 MD 383806 MD 383807 MD 383808 MD 383809 MD 383810