Chamaeleon

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Publishing date

Nov 2000

URL

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4968.&link_type=abstract

Journals

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4968. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Science

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field

Astrophysics

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Stars, Constellations And Asterisms

Type

Scientific paper

Abstract

(the Chameleon; abbrev. Cha, gen. Chamaeleontis; area 132 sq. deg.) A southern constellation which lies between Carina and the south celestial pole, and culminates at midnight in early March. It was first shown on Petrus Plancius' celestial globe of c. 1598, though it is usually attributed to the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (also known as Petrus Theodorus) and Frederick de Houtman, w...

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