| This is a small constellation below the star, Carina.  Octans separates it from the South Pole.  Pontanus, in Chilmead’s “Treatise”, included it with Musca. | 
				
					
						| Symbol | Cha |  
						| Right Ascension | 10:07 |  
						| Declination | -79 |  
						| Diameter (°) | 9 |  
						| Area (square °) | 132 |  
						| Opposition | Feb 18 |  
						| Size Rank | 79th |  
						| Brightness Rank | 73rd |  
						| Genitive | Chamaeleotis |  |