IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Apus
The Bird of Paradise
OriginKeyser/de Houtman
AbbreviationAps
GenitiveApodis
Pronunciation/ˈeɪpəs/ genitive /ˈeɪpə, ˈæpə, əˈpoʊ-dɪs/
APE-us/APP-us
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary Starα Apodis
Right Ascention 14h 47m Declination -79° 02'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.425 h (25.5 min)
The constellation Apus, “the Bird of Paradise”, was created by explorers in the 16th century. It does not represent the bird of paradise flower, but the colorful bird found in New Guinea. Apus comes from the Greek word apous, meaning “footless.” Some sources say this may be from the Indian practice of cutting off the unsightly legs of the bird before offering it as a gift.
www.underthesky.com
Apus as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Apus -222→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Apus -222 2 Apus -222 3 Apus -222 4 Apus -222 5 Apus -222 6 Apus -222 7 Apus -222 8 Apus -222 9 Apus -222 10 Apus -222 11 Apus -222 12 Apus -222 13 Apus -222 14 Apus -222 15 Apus -222 16 Apus -222 17 Apus -222 18 Apus -222 19 Apus -222 20 Apus -222 21 Apus -222 22 Apus -222 23 Apus -222 24 Apus -222 25 Apus -222 26 Apus -222 27 Apus -222 28 Apus -222 1 Lynx -221 2 November 1193 3 November 1193 4 November 1193 5 November 1193 6 November 1193 7 November 1193 8 November 1193 9 November 1193 10 November 1193 11 November 1193 12 November 1193 13 November 1193 14 November 1193 15 November 1193 16 November 1193 17 November 1193 18 November 1193 19 November 1193 20 November 1193 21 November 1193 22 November 1193 23 November 1193 24 November 1193 25 November 1193 26 November 1193 27 November 1193 28 November 1193 29 November 1193 30 November 1193
MS -295646 MS -295647 MS -295648 MS -295649 MS -295650 MS -295651 MS -295652 MS -295653 MS -295654 MS -295655 MS -295656 MS -295657 MS -295658 MS -295659 MS -295660 MS -295661 MS -295662 MS -295663 MS -295664 MS -295665 MS -295666 MS -295667 MS -295668 MS -295669 MS -295670 MS -295671 MS -295672 MS -295673 MS -295618 MD -303868 MD -303867 MD -303866 MD -303865 MD -303864 MD -303863 MD -303862 MD -303861 MD -303860 MD -303859 MD -303858 MD -303857 MD -303856 MD -303855 MD -303854 MD -303853 MD -303852 MD -303851 MD -303850 MD -303849 MD -303848 MD -303847 MD -303846 MD -303845 MD -303844 MD -303843 MD -303842 MD -303841 MD -303840