Star profile
Delta 2 Chamaeleon
Southern polar starWhat is Delta 2 Chamaeleon
Delta-2 Chamaeleontis burns 350 light-years away in one of the most remote southern constellations, mapped in the sixteenth century by Dutch navigators filling the south circumpolar void. A hot blue-white B-type star, it belongs to the small quadrilateral of Chamaeleon, a figure that rises above the horizon only for observers at far southern latitudes. Its brilliance never reaches the European sky.
Where it is and when to see it
Delta 2 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, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 43° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 9° N.
It ranks no. 5 in brightness among the 19 stars of Chamaeleon in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Chamaeleon, the brightest: it lies about 8° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 350 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Delta 2 Chamaeleon
- Constellation
- Chamaeleon
- Apparent magnitude
- 4.45
- Distance
- 350.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 161.446° · Dec -80.540°
- Catalogue
- HIP 52633 · HD 93845
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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
- Theta Chamaeleon4.34
- Epsilon Chamaeleon4.88
- Kappa Chamaeleon5.04
- Zeta Chamaeleon5.07
- Iota Chamaeleon5.34