Citizen Snips
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"Chamaeleon is a very small constellation located near the south pole. It was created in the 16th century by the Dutch astronomer and cartographer Petrus Plancius from the observations of Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman. Chamaeleon first appeared in a celestial atlas in Johann Bayer's Uranometria in 1603. The constellation was named after the chameleon, a type of lizard. Australians sometimes call it the "Frying Pan."
- topastronomer.com
I found this to be very cool and it's now my favorite constellation. If only I was born in the year of the chameleon instead of the lion.
