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=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
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File:Blaeu1602 Cha+Mus+Cru.JPG|Musca, Chamaeleon and Crux on Blaeu's first globe (1602) that is a copy of Plancius/ Hondius (1598). [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]
File:Blaeu1603 Cru+Mus+Cha.JPG|Musca, Chamaeleon and Crux on Blaeu (1603), the globe that is based on de Houtman's data. [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/398/media-398216/large.jpg RMG]
File:Cha Bayer1603.jpg|Chamaeleon in Bayer (1603)
File:Cha Bayer1603.jpg|Chamaeleon in Bayer (1603)
File:Cha Fortin1795.jpg|Chamaeleon in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
File:Cha Fortin1795.jpg|Chamaeleon in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).

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star chart
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.

Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

Mythology

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References