Chamaeleon
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Chamaeleon is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It is named after the chameleon, a kind of lizard. It was first defined in the end of the 16th century.
Spiral galaxy ESO 021-G004.
The constellation Chamaeleon as it can be seen by the naked eye.
Wide-field astrophotograph of the constellation Chamaeleon with IAU constellation boundaries and stick figure overlaid. The dark patches of the Chamaeleon dark clouds are visible throughout the field.
Musca
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Musca is a small constellation in the deep southern sky. It was one of 12 constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman, and it fi
Chamaeleon
…Omicron and Xi, and labelled two stars as Delta, Mu and Pi. In 1879, Benjamin Gould included Lambda Chamaeleontis and Pi2 Chamaeleontis as part of Musca and the designations were no longer used. There are four bright stars in Chamaeleon that form a compact diamond-shape approximately 10 degrees from the…
Musca (as Apis) can be seen in the upper right of this extract from Bayer's Uranometria of 1603
Musca as seen by the naked eye
The Coalsack Nebula can be seen as the large, dark region near the top of the photo. It extends into the northeast of Musca. The vertical dark column in the lower right of the image is the Dark Doodad Nebula.