List of stars in Chamaeleon

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Chamaeleon, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name

B

Var

HD

HIP

RA

Dec

Dist. (ly)

Notes

α

71243

40702

08^h 18^m 31.27^s

−76° 55′ 11.9″

4.05

2.60

63

F5III

γ Cha

γ

92305

51839

10^h 35^m 28.22^s

−78° 36′ 28.1″

4.11

−1.40

413

M0III

suspected variable

β Cha

β

106911

60000

12^h 18^m 20.94^s

−79° 18′ 44.2″

4.24

−0.36

271

B5Vn

suspected variable

θ Cha

θ

71701

40888

08^h 20^m 38.89^s

−77° 29′ 04.5″

4.34

0.97

154

K0III-IV

double star

δ² Cha

δ²

93845

52633

10^h 45^m 47.14^s

−80° 32′ 24.7″

4.45

−0.79

363

B2.5IV

ε Cha

ε

104174

58484

11^h 59^m 37.69^s

−78° 13′ 18.5″

4.88

−0.36

364

B9Vn

double star

κ Cha

κ

104902

58905

12^h 04^m 46.66^s

−76° 31′ 09.0″

5.04

−0.61

441

K4III

variable star, ΔV = 0.005^m, P = 3.89651 d

ζ Cha

ζ

83979

46928

09^h 33^m 53.51^s

−80° 56′ 28.7″

5.07

−1.02

539

B5V

β Cep variable, V_max = 5.06^m, V_min = 5.17^m, P = 1.07964 d

ι Cha

ι

82554

46107

09^h 24^m 09.73^s

−80° 47′ 13.9″

5.34

1.58

184

F3/F5IV

ν Cha

ν

85396

47956

09^h 46^m 20.42^s

−76° 46′ 33.5″

5.43

1.59

191

G8III

η Cha

η

75416

42637

08^h 41^m 19.60^s

−78° 57′ 48.3″

5.46

0.53

316

B9IV

δ¹ Cha

δ¹

93779

52595

10^h 45^m 16.38^s

−80° 28′ 10.3″

5.46

0.28

354

K0III

double star

μ¹ Cha

μ

87971

49065

10^h 00^m 43.90^s

−82° 12′ 53.1″

5.53

0.09

399

A0IV

π Cha

π

101132

56675

11^h 37^m 15.94^s

−75° 53′ 47.5″

5.64

2.52

137

F1III

HD 72922

72922

41191

08^h 24^m 20.38^s

−80° 54′ 53.0″

5.67

1.23

252

G8III

76236

43012

08^h 45^m 55.23^s

−79° 30′ 16.5″

5.79

−0.38

559

K5III

variable star, ΔV = 0.008^m, P = 53.70569 d

114533

64587

13^h 14^m 17.36^s

−78° 26′ 50.8″

5.84

−2.94

1863

F8Ib

120213

68009

13^h 55^m 38.99^s

−82° 39′ 58.1″

5.95

−1.19

872

K2/K3III:p

DR

93237

52340

10^h 41^m 51.58^s

−79° 46′ 59.9″

5.97

−1.46

1000

B5IV

Algol variable, V_max = 5.97^m, V_min = 6.06^m, P = 19.4436 d; emission-line star

RS

75747

42794

08^h 43^m 12.31^s

−79° 04′ 12.5″

6.05

1.10

319

A7V

Algol variable and δ Sct variable, V_max = 6.02^m, V_min = 6.68^m, P = 1.66987 d

80194

45166

09^h 12^m 12.27^s

−76° 39′ 46.5″

6.13

0.89

364

K1III

92209

51835

10^h 35^m 24.80^s

−76° 18′ 32.4″

6.29

0.29

517

K2III

101782

56996

11^h 41^m 01.60^s

−83° 05′ 59.9″

6.32

1.20

344

K0III

double star

DY

118285

66607

13^h 39^m 12.04^s

−75° 41′ 01.6″

6.32

−0.95

929

B8IV

long-period pulsating variable

106248

59647

12^h 13^m 56.48^s

−78° 34′ 26.0″

6.34

1.17

353

K2/K3IIICN.

115088

64951

13^h 18^m 48.34^s

−79° 58′ 33.5″

6.34

0.67

444

B9.5/A0V

98617

55225

11^h 18^m 34.21^s

−79° 40′ 07.0″

6.35

2.30

210

A8IIIm...

94717

53151

10^h 52^m 28.67^s

−79° 33′ 34.0″

6.36

−2.20

1680

K2II/III

101917

57137

11^h 42^m 54.53^s

−79° 18′ 22.9″

6.38

2.65

182

K0III/IV

99015

55497

11^h 21^m 57.11^s

−77° 36′ 30.1″

6.43

2.07

243

A5III/IV

113694

64108

13^h 08^m 20.52^s

−78° 26′ 45.5″

6.43

0.73

449

A0V

double star

86320

48320

09^h 51^m 00.80^s

−80° 03′ 39.9″

6.47

−0.20

703

B8IV

μ² Cha

μ²

88351

49326

10^h 04^m 07.37^s

−81° 33′ 56.2″

6.60

0.41

564

G6/G8III

suspected variable

DX

104237

58520

12^h 00^m 05.08^s

−78° 11′ 34.6″

6.70

374

K4Ve

T Tau star, V_max = 6.7^m, V_min = 10.28^m, P = 2.45 d

RZ

93486

52381

10^h 42^m 24.10^s

−82° 02′ 14.2″

8.09

606

F4V

Algol variable

HD 97048

CU

97048

54413

11^h 08^m 03.32^s

−77° 39′ 17.4″

8.38

517

A0pshe

Orion variable, V_max = 8.38^m, V_min = 8.48^m

116852

65890

13^h 30^m 23.52^s

−78° 51′ 20.5″

8.47

9300

O9III

Obscuring line of highly ionized gas on a line of sight with Earth

97300

54557

11^h 09^m 50.02^s

−76° 37′ 40.7″

9.20

574

B9V

T Tau star in

HD 63454

63454

37284

07^h 39^m 21.85^s

−78° 16′ 44.3″

9.37

6.60

117

K4V

Ceibo,^[1] has a planet (b)

R

71793

08^h 21^m 46.42^s

−76° 21′ 18.5″

10.55

M4.5e

Mira variable, V_max = 7.5^m, V_min = 14.5^m, P = 338 d

Z Cha

Z

08^h 07^m 27.75^s

−76° 32′ 00.7″

11.50

M5.5

SU UMa and Algol variable, V_max = 11.5^m, V_min = 16.23^m, P = 0.074499315 d; possible planetary companion

T

58285

11^h 57^m 13.55^s

−79° 21′ 31.54″

11.56

534

K0e

Orion variable, V_max = 10.09^m, V_min = 14.5^m, P = 3.253 d; possible planetary companion

CS

11^h 02^m 25^s

−77° 33′ 36″

11.69

575

K2Ve

T Tauri star, orbited by accreting stellar companion ()

CT Cha

CT

11^h 04^m 09^s

−76° 27′ 19″

12.36

538

K7

has a planet (b); Orion variable, V_max = 11.7^m, V_min = 12.9^m

ChaHα8

11^h 07^m 46.10^s

−77° 40′ 08.9″

20.1

522

M5.75

binary brown dwarf system

DK

12^h 53^m 17.20^s

−77° 07′ 10.73″

F0

Orion variable

OTS 44

11^h 10^m 11.5^s

−76° 32′ 13″

M9.5

One of the smallest known brown dwarfs

Table legend:

• Name = Proper name
• B = Bayer designation
• F or/and G. = Flamsteed designation or Gould designation
• Var = Variable star designation
• HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number
• HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number
• RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0
• Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0

• vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or m_v), also known as apparent magnitude
• abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (M_v)
• Dist. (ly) = Distance in light-years from Earth
• Sp. class = Spectral class of the star in the stellar classification system
• Notes = Common name(s) or alternate name(s); comments; notable properties [for example: multiple star status, range of variability if it is a variable star, exoplanets, etc.]

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List of stars in Chamaeleon

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