Star profile
Delta 1 Chamaeleon
Southern polar starWhat is Delta 1 Chamaeleon
Delta-1 Chamaeleontis lodges in the small southern Chameleon, a constellation traced by Dutch navigators between the south celestial pole and the deep Milky Way. At 348 light-years, it burns as an orange K-type giant, one of the crisper lights in a corner of the sky little visited by classical tales. Its warm hue contrasts with the deep night of the southernmost latitudes, where only the late explorers could give it a name.
Where it is and when to see it
Delta 1 Chamaeleon lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is May: the Sun sits at the opposite point of the sky and the star culminates around midnight. How high it climbs above the horizon depends on the latitude you watch from.
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Astronomical data for Delta 1 Chamaeleon
- Constellation
- Chamaeleon
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.46
- Distance
- 348.5 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 161.318° · Dec -80.470°
- Catalogue
- HIP 52595 · HD 93779
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Other stars in Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon has 19 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Chamaeleon4.05
- Gamma Chamaeleon4.11
- Beta Chamaeleon4.24
- Iota Chamaeleon5.34
- Nu Chamaeleon5.43
- Eta Chamaeleon5.46
- Mu 1 Chamaeleon5.53
- Pi Chamaeleon5.64