Chamaeleon constellation

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The Chamaeleon constellation is a small, faint southern-sky constellation best known as a nearby star-forming region rich in dark molecular clouds and young stellar objects.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation ⓘ
southern-sky constellation ⓘ
abbreviation Cha ⓘ
apparentMagnitude 4.06 ⓘ
4.11 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees 132 ⓘ
borderingConstellation Apus ⓘ
Carina ⓘ
Mensa ⓘ
Musca ⓘ
Octans ⓘ
Volans ⓘ
brightestStar Alpha Chamaeleontis ⓘ
contains Chamaeleon I molecular cloud ⓘ
Chamaeleon II molecular cloud ⓘ
Chamaeleon III molecular cloud ⓘ
Chamaeleon star-forming region ⓘ
Herbig Ae/Be stars ⓘ
T Tauri stars ⓘ
dark molecular clouds ⓘ
open cluster NGC 3293 (near its border) ⓘ
linked to: NGC 3293

planetary system HD 63454 ⓘ
planetary system HD 63454 b ⓘ
planetary system HD 63454 c ⓘ
young stellar objects ⓘ
containsMessierObjects false ⓘ
culminationMonth April ⓘ
declination −80° ⓘ
discoveredBy Petrus Plancius ⓘ
family Bayer family of constellations ⓘ
firstAppearedOnGlobeBy Petrus Plancius ⓘ
firstAppearedOnGlobeMadeBy Jodocus Hondius ⓘ
genitiveForm Chamaeleontis ⓘ
hemisphere southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
IAUApprovalYear 1922 ⓘ
IAUConstellationCode Cha ⓘ
includedInAtlas Johann Bayer Uranometria ⓘ
linked to: Uranometria
introducedYear 1597 ⓘ
nameOrigin chameleon ⓘ
notableStar Beta Chamaeleontis ⓘ
Delta1 Chamaeleontis ⓘ
Delta2 Chamaeleontis ⓘ
numberOfBayerFlamsteedStars 18 ⓘ
numberOfMainStars 3 ⓘ
rankByArea 79 ⓘ
rightAscension 11h ⓘ
secondBrightestStar Gamma Chamaeleontis ⓘ
visibleBestFromLatitudeSouthOf +5° ⓘ
zodiacal false ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gould Belt → encompasses → Chamaeleon constellation ⓘ
Microscopium → family → La Caille family of constellations ⓘ
linked to: Chamaeleon constellation
Chamaeleon molecular clouds → containsStellarAssociation → Chamaeleon I association ⓘ
linked to: Chamaeleon constellation