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Alpha Chamaeleontis comparison table
Subject has right ascension has spectral type has declination is part of has surface temperature is an instance of has V magnitude has color has been observ has B-V magnitude is usually part of is a kind of has apparent magnitude has synonym has definition has luminosity class
F star O, B, A, and early F  6000 to 7500 K  yellow-white   early star  Star of spectral type F in which lines of hydrogen and Ca II are of about equal strength. Metal lines also become noticeable. 
giant    greater than 1000 Kelvin      star  High-luminosity star that lies above the main sequence on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.III
naked eye star   Milky Waygreater than 1000 Kelvin   for many centuries asterismnaked eye objectbrighter than 5 A star visible without visual aids 
Alpha Chamaeleontis08 18 31.7F5III-76 55 11Milky Way6000 to 7500 Knaked eye star4.07yellow-whitefor many centuries0.39asterism brighter than 5HR 3318 III

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