Chameleon

Japanese: カメレオン座 - かめれおんざ
Chameleon

A southern constellation close to the South Celestial Pole that cannot be seen from Japan. It is made up of faint stars below magnitude 4, so it is difficult to imagine a chameleon. It first appeared in the Uranometria, a star atlas published in 1603 by German Johann Bayer (1572-1625), and it is said that the original form of the constellation was thought up by 15th-century Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman.

[Asahi Fujii]

[Reference] | Constellations

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

天の南極に近く、日本からはまったく見られない南天の星座。4等星以下の暗い星からなる星座のため、カメレオンの姿を想像するのはむずかしい。ドイツのバイヤーJohann Bayer(1572―1625)が1603年に刊行した全天星図『ウラノメトリア』に初登場するもので、原形は15世紀のオランダの航海者ケイザーPieter Dirkszoon KeyserやホウトマンFrederick de Houtmanらによって考えられていたのではないかといわれている。

[藤井 旭]

[参照項目] | 星座

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