List of stars in Chamaeleon - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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s in the constellation

Constellation

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Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon
Chamaeleon is a small constellation in the southern sky. It is named after the chameleon, a form of lizard. It was first defined in the sixteenth century.-History:...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	G. Gould designation Gould designations for stars are similar to Flamsteed designations in the way that they number stars within a constellation in increasing order of right ascension. Each star is assigned an integer , followed by " G. " , and then the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
α Cha Alpha Chamaeleontis Alpha Chamaeleontis is a star in the constellation Chamaeleon.-References:#...	α	4	71243	40702	4.05	2.60	63	F5III
γ Cha	γ	23	92305	51839	4.11	−1.40	413	M0III	variable Variable star A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth...
β Cha Beta Chamaeleontis Beta Chamaeleontis is a B-type main sequence star and is the third brightest star in the constellation of Chamaeleon. It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 4.24 and 4.30....	β	40	106911	60000	4.24	−0.36	271	B5Vn	variable
θ Cha	θ	5	71701	40888	4.34	0.97	154	K0III-IV	double star Double star In observational astronomy, a double star is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope. This can happen either because the pair forms a binary star, i.e...
δ² Cha	δ²	26	93845	52633	4.45	−0.79	363	B2.5IV
ε Cha	ε	37	104174	58484	4.88	−0.36	364	B9Vn	double star
κ Cha	κ	38	104902	58905	5.04	−0.61	441	K4III
ζ Cha	ζ	14	83979	46928	5.07	−1.02	539	B5V	variable
ι Cha	ι	13	82554	46107	5.34	1.58	184	F3/F5IV
ν Cha	ν	16	85396	47956	5.43	1.59	191	G8III
η Cha	η	8	75416	42637	5.46	0.53	316	B9IV
δ¹ Cha	δ¹	25	93779	52595	5.46	0.28	354	K0III	double star
μ Cha	μ	19	87971	49065	5.53	0.09	399	A0IV
π Cha	π	32	101132	56675	5.64	2.52	137	F1III
		6	72922	41191	5.67	1.23	252	G8III
		11	76236	43012	5.79	−0.38	559	K5III
		44	114533	64587	5.84	−2.94	1863	F8Ib
		50	120213	68009	5.95	−1.19	872	K2/K3III:p
DR Cha		24	93237	52340	5.97	−1.46	1000	B5IV	variable; emission-line star
RS Cha		9	75747	42794	6.05	1.10	319	A7V	9 G. Cha; Algol variable Algol variable Algol variables or Algol-type binaries are a class of eclipsing binary stars where the orbital plane of the stars are coincident with the line of sight from Earth. When the cooler component passes in front of the hotter one, part of the latter's light is blocked, and the total brightness of the...
		12	80194	45166	6.13	0.89	364	K1III
		22	92209	51835	6.29	0.29	517	K2III
		33	101782	56996	6.32	1.20	344	K0III	double star
DY Cha		49	118285	66607	6.32	−0.95	929	B8IV	variable
		39	106248	59647	6.34	1.17	353	K2/K3IIICN.
		45	115088	64951	6.34	0.67	444	B9.5/A0V
		30	98617	55225	6.35	2.30	210	A8IIIm...
		28	94717	53151	6.36	−2.20	1680	K2II/III
		34	101917	57137	6.38	2.65	182	K0III/IV
		31	99015	55497	6.43	2.07	243	A5III/IV
		43	113694	64108	6.43	0.73	449	A0V	double star
		18	86320	48320	6.47	−0.20	703	B8IV
μ² Cha	μ²	20	88351	49326	6.60	0.41	564	G6/G8III	variable
HD 63454 HD 63454 HD 63454 is a ninth magnitude K-type main sequence star located approximately 117 light-years away in the constellation of Chamaeleon. It is somewhat cooler and less luminous than our Sun. To see the star one needs a small telescope...			63454	37284	9.37	6.60	117	K4V	has a planet Extrasolar planet An extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, is a planet outside the Solar System. A total of such planets have been identified as of . It is now known that a substantial fraction of stars have planets, including perhaps half of all Sun-like stars... (b HD 63454 b HD 63454 b is an extrasolar planet located approximately 117 light-years away in the constellation of Chamaeleon, orbiting the star HD 63454. It is at least 38% as massive as Jupiter, and orbits very close to its host star, even closer than the famous 51 Pegasi b. Its close orbit means it belongs... )
CT Cha CT Chamaeleontis CT Chamaeleontis is a T Tauri star in the constellation of Chamaeleon. It has an apparent visual magnitude which varies between 12.31 and 12.43....					12.36		538	K7	has a planet (b)

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