Chamaeleon Cha
Chamaeleon is one of the 88 constellations, covering 131 square degrees of the sky (79th largest). It is highest at midnight in March and best in the evening sky in April and May.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Cha |
|---|---|
| Size | 131 square degrees (79th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 10h 40m, −80° |
| Highest at midnight | March (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: April and May) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle never rises; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 3195 (on the map) | Planetary nebula | 11.6 | 0.7′ |
| NGC 2915 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.6 | 1.8′ |
| IC 3104 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.8 | 2.4′ |
| NGC 3149 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 1.2′ |
| NGC 3620 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.9 | 3.2′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits