Constellations
Chamaeleon (Cha)
The Chameleon
Also known as chameleon.
6 looks for Chamaeleon
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Chamaeleon
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Chameleon
- IAU abbreviation
- Cha
- Its stars are named
- Chamaeleontis (as in "Alpha Chamaeleontis")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in April
- Centre
- Right ascension 10h 44m, declination −79° 30′
- The figure
- 5 stars joined by 5 lines
- Brightest star
- α Cha, magnitude 4.07
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Chamag 4.07
- γ Chamag 4.11
- β Chamag 4.26
- ε Chamag 4.91
- δ1 Chamag 5.47
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation