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Chamaeleon - Chameleon


This is a small constellation below the star, Carina. Octans separates it from the South Pole. Pontanus, in Chilmead’s “Treatise”, included it with Musca.
SymbolCha
Right Ascension 10:07
Declination-79
Diameter (°)9
Area (square °)132
Opposition Feb 18
Size Rank 79th
Brightness Rank 73rd
GenitiveChamaeleotis