Constellations · Constellation · Chamaeleontis · Cha
Constellation
Chamaeleon
The chameleon, one of the Dutch navigators’ creatures, crawling close to the south pole of the sky — right next to the fly it is trying to catch.
- Genitive
- Chamaeleontis
- Area
- 132 square degrees · 79th of 88
- Brightest star
- · magnitude 4.05
- Naked-eye stars
- 32 brighter than magnitude 6.5
- Highest at midnight
- late March
Look for
Its neighbour is Musca, the fly. The dark clouds in Chamaeleon are among the nearest places where stars are being born, about 500 light-years away.