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TimezoneAfrica/Luanda
Sunrise: 6:13 
Transit: 12:02 
Sunset: 17:51
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α Chamaeleontis (alpha Chamaeleontis)

Above the horizon.  Rise: 5:01 | Tran: 13:33 | Set: 22:04
Alt: 20.80°   Az: 176.74°   Direction: South

α Chamaeleontis is a giant star of spectral class F5 in the constellation of Chamaeleon.

α Chamaeleontis visual magnitude is 4.07. Because of its moderate brightness, α Chamaeleontis is easily visible to the naked eye from locations with dark skies, while it might be barely visible, or not visible at all, from light-polluted skies.

Image of α Chamaeleontis (alpha Chamaeleontis) star
DSS2 image of α Chamaeleontis. The red arrow shows the motion of α Chamaeleontis during the next 1000 years (1.83 arcmin in Right Ascension and 1.80 arcmin in declination);

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

08h 17m 48s
-77° 00’ 00”
23h 05m 18s
07h 23m 06s

J2000

08h 18m 31s
-76° 55’ 10”

Galactic Coordinates

289.86°
-21.68°

Finder Chart

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Finder chart for α Chamaeleontis (alpha Chamaeleontis).

Magnitude, Color, Spectral Class

4.07
Giant

2.62
F5III
6934K

The red dot in the diagram below shows where α Chamaeleontis is situated in the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram.

HR Diagram
H-R diagram showing the position of α Chamaeleontis. Attribution: Richard Powell / CC BY-SA

Distance, Radial Speed, Proper Motion

α Chamaeleontis is distant 63.42 light years from the Sun and it is moving towards the Sun at the speed of 14 kilometers per second.

19.46
63.42
-14 km/s
0.11 arcsec/y
0.108"/y

Alternative Designations

α Chamaeleontis
(alpha Chamaeleontis)
SAO256496
SAO256496

Visibility from Your Location

Today's α Chamaeleontis (alpha Chamaeleontis) rise, transit and set times from Camabatela, Angola are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Africa/Luanda):

Azimuth: 167.0°
Max altitude: 21.2°
Azimuth: 193.0°