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 -848→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Apus -848 2 Apus -848 3 Apus -848 4 Apus -848 5 Apus -848 6 Apus -848 7 Apus -848 8 Apus -848 9 Apus -848 10 Apus -848 11 Apus -848 12 Apus -848 13 Apus -848 14 Apus -848 15 Apus -848 16 Apus -848 17 Apus -848 18 Apus -848 19 Apus -848 20 Apus -848 21 Apus -848 22 Apus -848 23 Apus -848 24 Apus -848 25 Apus -848 26 Apus -848 27 Apus -848 28 Apus -848 1 Lynx -847 1 February 0016 2 February 0016 3 February 0016 4 February 0016 5 February 0016 6 February 0016 7 February 0016 8 February 0016 9 February 0016 10 February 0016 11 February 0016 12 February 0016 13 February 0016 14 February 0016 15 February 0016 16 February 0016 17 February 0016 18 February 0016 19 February 0016 20 February 0016 21 February 0016 22 February 0016 23 February 0016 24 February 0016 25 February 0016 26 February 0016 27 February 0016 28 February 0016 29 February 0016
MS -714185 MS -714186 MS -714187 MS -714188 MS -714189 MS -714190 MS -714191 MS -714192 MS -714193 MS -714194 MS -714195 MS -714196 MS -714197 MS -714198 MS -714199 MS -714200 MS -714201 MS -714202 MS -714203 MS -714204 MS -714205 MS -714206 MS -714207 MS -714208 MS -714209 MS -714210 MS -714211 MS -714212 MS -714157 MD -734033 MD -734032 MD -734031 MD -734030 MD -734029 MD -734028 MD -734027 MD -734026 MD -734025 MD -734024 MD -734023 MD -734022 MD -734021 MD -734020 MD -734019 MD -734018 MD -734017 MD -734016 MD -734015 MD -734014 MD -734013 MD -734012 MD -734011 MD -734010 MD -734009 MD -734008 MD -734007 MD -734006 MD -734005