Constellation
The constellation Chamaeleon
Cha
Chamaeleon gathers 19 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Alpha Chamaeleon, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around February.
Chamaeleon in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 19
- Brightest star
- Alpha Chamaeleon
- Region of the sky
- Southern sky
- Highest around
- February
- With a proper name
- 0
- Nearest star
- Alpha Chamaeleon
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 4.05
Declination from -83° to -76°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
64 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Chamaeleon
The 19 stars of Chamaeleon catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- Alpha Chamaeleon4.05
- Gamma Chamaeleon4.11
- Beta Chamaeleon4.24
- Theta Chamaeleon4.34
- Delta 2 Chamaeleon4.45
- Epsilon Chamaeleon4.88
- Kappa Chamaeleon5.04
- Zeta Chamaeleon5.07
- Iota Chamaeleon5.34
- Nu Chamaeleon5.43
- Eta Chamaeleon5.46
- Delta 1 Chamaeleon5.46
- Mu 1 Chamaeleon5.53
- Pi Chamaeleon5.64
- HIP 411915.67
- HIP 430125.79
- HIP 645875.84
- HIP 680095.95
- HIP 523405.97
A symbolic commemorative gift: neither the signature nor the chosen name implies ownership of the star or recognition by the IAU.