Chameleon is in inconspicuous constellation near the South Pole, south of the bright star Miaplacidus (beta Carinae). The stars are faint and hardly reach 4th magnitude. They roughly form the figure of an elongated diamond. The constellation covers an area of only 132 square degrees. The center culminates around midnight on February 28th. [9, 15]
This constellation was introduced in 1603 by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria, the atlas of the entire starry sky. It represents the reptile of the same name, which is known for its ability to adapt the skin color to its surroundings. [7]
Catalogs
Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) [154]
HR
B
F
RA [hms]
Dec [dms]
vMag
spType
dMag
Sep ["]
3318
α
08 18 31.6
-76 55 11
4.07
F5III
3340
θ
08 20 38.5
-77 29 04
4.35
K2IIICN0.5
7.7
31.
3502
η
08 41 19.5
-78 57 48
5.47
B8V
3795
ι
09 24 09.1
-80 47 13
5.36
F3-5IV v
3860
ζ
09 33 53.2
-80 56 29
5.11
B5V
3902
ν
09 46 20.6
-76 46 34
5.45
G8III
3983
μ1
10 00 43.7
-82 12 53
5.52
A0IV
3997
μ2
10 04 07.6
-81 33 57
6.60
G6-8III
4174
γ
10 35 28.1
-78 36 28
4.11
M0III
4231
δ1
10 45 15.7
-80 28 11
5.47
K0III
0.3
0.6
4234
δ2
10 45 46.8
-80 32 25
4.45
B2.5IV
4479
π
11 37 15.6
-75 53 48
5.65
F1III
4583
ε
11 59 37.3
-78 13 19
4.91
B9Vn
0.6
0.9
4605
κ
12 04 46.5
-76 31 09
5.04
K4III
4674
β
12 18 20.7
-79 18 44
4.26
B5Vn
«Revised New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue», Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke, 2021 [277]
