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

Name B Var HD HIP RA Dec vis.
mag. 		abs.
mag. 		Dist. (ly) Sp. class Notes
α Cha α 71243 40702 08 18 31.27 −76° 55′ 11.9″ 4.05 2.60 63 F5III
γ Cha γ 92305 51839 10 35 28.22 −78° 36′ 28.1″ 4.11 −1.40 413 M0III suspected variable
β Cha β 106911 60000 12 18 20.94 −79° 18′ 44.2″ 4.24 −0.36 271 B5Vn suspected variable
θ Cha θ 71701 40888 08 20 38.89 −77° 29′ 04.5″ 4.34 0.97 154 K0III-IV double star
δ Cha δ 93845 52633 10 45 47.14 −80° 32′ 24.7″ 4.45 −0.79 363 B2.5IV
ε Cha ε 104174 58484 11 59 37.69 −78° 13′ 18.5″ 4.88 −0.36 364 B9Vn double star
κ Cha κ 104902 58905 12 04 46.66 −76° 31′ 09.0″ 5.04 −0.61 441 K4III variable star, ΔV = 0.005, P = 3.89651 d
ζ Cha ζ 83979 46928 09 33 53.51 −80° 56′ 28.7″ 5.07 −1.02 539 B5V β Cep variable, Vmax = 5.06, Vmin = 5.17, P = 1.07964 d
ι Cha ι 82554 46107 09 24 09.73 −80° 47′ 13.9″ 5.34 1.58 184 F3/F5IV
ν Cha ν 85396 47956 09 46 20.42 −76° 46′ 33.5″ 5.43 1.59 191 G8III
η Cha η 75416 42637 08 41 19.60 −78° 57′ 48.3″ 5.46 0.53 316 B9IV
δ Cha δ 93779 52595 10 45 16.38 −80° 28′ 10.3″ 5.46 0.28 354 K0III double star
μ¹ Cha μ 87971 49065 10 00 43.90 −82° 12′ 53.1″ 5.53 0.09 399 A0IV
π Cha π 101132 56675 11 37 15.94 −75° 53′ 47.5″ 5.64 2.52 137 F1III
HD 72922 72922 41191 08 24 20.38 −80° 54′ 53.0″ 5.67 1.23 252 G8III
HD 76236 76236 43012 08 45 55.23 −79° 30′ 16.5″ 5.79 −0.38 559 K5III variable star, ΔV = 0.008, P = 53.70569 d
HD 114533 114533 64587 13 14 17.36 −78° 26′ 50.8″ 5.84 −2.94 1863 F8Ib
HD 120213 120213 68009 13 55 38.99 −82° 39′ 58.1″ 5.95 −1.19 872 K2/K3III:p
DR Cha DR 93237 52340 10 41 51.58 −79° 46′ 59.9″ 5.97 −1.46 1000 B5IV Algol variable, Vmax = 5.97, Vmin = 6.06, P = 19.4436 d; emission-line star
RS Cha RS 75747 42794 08 43 12.31 −79° 04′ 12.5″ 6.05 1.10 319 A7V Algol variable and δ Sct variable, Vmax = 6.02, Vmin = 6.68, P = 1.66987 d
HD 80194 80194 45166 09 12 12.27 −76° 39′ 46.5″ 6.13 0.89 364 K1III
HD 92209 92209 51835 10 35 24.80 −76° 18′ 32.4″ 6.29 0.29 517 K2III
HD 101782 101782 56996 11 41 01.60 −83° 05′ 59.9″ 6.32 1.20 344 K0III double star
DY Cha DY 118285 66607 13 39 12.04 −75° 41′ 01.6″ 6.32 −0.95 929 B8IV long-period pulsating variable
HD 106248 106248 59647 12 13 56.48 −78° 34′ 26.0″ 6.34 1.17 353 K2/K3IIICN.
HD 115088 115088 64951 13 18 48.34 −79° 58′ 33.5″ 6.34 0.67 444 B9.5/A0V
HD 98617 98617 55225 11 18 34.21 −79° 40′ 07.0″ 6.35 2.30 210 A8IIIm...
HD 94717 94717 53151 10 52 28.67 −79° 33′ 34.0″ 6.36 −2.20 1680 K2II/III
HD 101917 101917 57137 11 42 54.53 −79° 18′ 22.9″ 6.38 2.65 182 K0III/IV
HD 99015 99015 55497 11 21 57.11 −77° 36′ 30.1″ 6.43 2.07 243 A5III/IV
HD 113694 113694 64108 13 08 20.52 −78° 26′ 45.5″ 6.43 0.73 449 A0V double star
HD 86320 86320 48320 09 51 00.80 −80° 03′ 39.9″ 6.47 −0.20 703 B8IV
μ Cha μ 88351 49326 10 04 07.37 −81° 33′ 56.2″ 6.60 0.41 564 G6/G8III suspected variable
HD 104237 DX 104237 58520 12 00 05.08 −78° 11′ 34.6″ 6.70 374 K4Ve T Tau star, Vmax = 6.7, Vmin = 10.28, P = 2.45 d
RZ Cha RZ 93486 52381 10 42 24.10 −82° 02′ 14.2″ 8.09 606 F4V Algol variable
HD 97048 CU 97048 54413 11 08 03.32 −77° 39′ 17.4″ 8.38 517 A0pshe Orion variable, Vmax = 8.38, Vmin = 8.48
HD 116852 116852 65890 13 30 23.52 −78° 51′ 20.5″ 8.47 9300 O9III Obscuring line of highly ionized gas on a line of sight with Earth
HD 97300 97300 54557 11 09 50.02 −76° 37′ 40.7″ 9.20 574 B9V T Tau star in IC 2631
HD 63454 63454 37284 07 39 21.85 −78° 16′ 44.3″ 9.37 6.60 117 K4V Ceibo, has a planet (b)
R Cha R 71793 08 21 46.42 −76° 21′ 18.5″ 10.55 M4.5e Mira variable, Vmax = 7.5, Vmin = 14.5, P = 338 d
Z Cha Z 08 07 27.75 −76° 32′ 00.7″ 11.50 M5.5 SU UMa and Algol variable, Vmax = 11.5, Vmin = 16.23, P = 0.074499315 d; possible planetary companion
T Cha T 58285 11 57 13.55 −79° 21′ 31.54″ 11.56 534 K0e Orion variable, Vmax = 10.09, Vmin = 14.5, P = 3.253 d; possible planetary companion
CS Cha CS 11 02 25 −77° 33′ 36″ 11.69 575 K2Ve T Tauri star, orbited by accreting stellar companion (B)
CT Cha CT 11 04 09 −76° 27′ 19″ 12.36 538 K7 has a planet (b); Orion variable, Vmax = 11.7, Vmin = 12.9
ChaHα8 11 07 46.10 −77° 40′ 08.9″ 20.1 522 M5.75 binary brown dwarf system
DK Cha DK 12 53 17.20 −77° 07′ 10.73″ F0 Orion variable
OTS 44 11 10 11.5 −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 mv), also known as apparent magnitude
 • abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (Mv)
 • 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

See also

References

  1. "Uruguay". NameExoWorlds. Retrieved 2019-12-30.
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