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 -241→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Apus -241 2 Apus -241 3 Apus -241 4 Apus -241 5 Apus -241 6 Apus -241 7 Apus -241 8 Apus -241 9 Apus -241 10 Apus -241 11 Apus -241 12 Apus -241 13 Apus -241 14 Apus -241 15 Apus -241 16 Apus -241 17 Apus -241 18 Apus -241 19 Apus -241 20 Apus -241 21 Apus -241 22 Apus -241 23 Apus -241 24 Apus -241 25 Apus -241 26 Apus -241 27 Apus -241 28 Apus -241 2 Lynx -240 2 February 1158 3 February 1158 4 February 1158 5 February 1158 6 February 1158 7 February 1158 8 February 1158 9 February 1158 10 February 1158 11 February 1158 12 February 1158 13 February 1158 14 February 1158 15 February 1158 16 February 1158 17 February 1158 18 February 1158 19 February 1158 20 February 1158 21 February 1158 22 February 1158 23 February 1158 24 February 1158 25 February 1158 26 February 1158 27 February 1158 28 February 1158 1 March 1158 2 March 1158 3 March 1158
MS -308350 MS -308351 MS -308352 MS -308353 MS -308354 MS -308355 MS -308356 MS -308357 MS -308358 MS -308359 MS -308360 MS -308361 MS -308362 MS -308363 MS -308364 MS -308365 MS -308366 MS -308367 MS -308368 MS -308369 MS -308370 MS -308371 MS -308372 MS -308373 MS -308374 MS -308375 MS -308376 MS -308377 MS -308322 MD -316925 MD -316924 MD -316923 MD -316922 MD -316921 MD -316920 MD -316919 MD -316918 MD -316917 MD -316916 MD -316915 MD -316914 MD -316913 MD -316912 MD -316911 MD -316910 MD -316909 MD -316908 MD -316907 MD -316906 MD -316905 MD -316904 MD -316903 MD -316902 MD -316901 MD -316900 MD -316899 MD -316898 MD -316897 MD -316896