Chamaeleon
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Template:Infobox Constellation Chamaeleon (Latin for chameleon) is a minor southern constellation. The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dikszoon Keyser and Fredrich de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.
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Notable Stars
Stars with Bayer designations
- α Cha 4.05; β Cha 4.24; γ Cha 4.11; δ1 Cha 5.46; δ2 Cha 4.45; ε Cha 4.88; ζ Cha 5.07; θ Cha 4.34; η Cha 5.46; ι Cha 5.34; κ Cha 5.04; μ Cha 5.53; μ2 Cha 6.60; ν Cha 5.43; π Cha 5.64
Stars with Flamsteed designations
- 9 Cha 6.05
Notable Deep-sky Objects
History
Since it is an invention of the 17th Century, and was not visible to early Mediterranean cultures, there is no mythology associated with it.
Mythology
See Also
Template:ConstellationsByBayer Template:ConstellationList
References
External links
- The Deep Photographic Guide to the Constellations: Chamaeleon (http://www.allthesky.com/constellations/chamaeleon/)ca:Chamaeleon
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