Chamaeleon

star chart for Cha (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine,Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

Etymology and History

de Houtman (1603) "het Chameljoen", the Chamaeleon. screenshot of star catalogue.

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Chamaeleon in Bayer (1603)

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  Chamaeleon in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

Mythology

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References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)