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 -874→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
2728
1 Apus -874 2 Apus -874 3 Apus -874 4 Apus -874 5 Apus -874 6 Apus -874 7 Apus -874 8 Apus -874 9 Apus -874 10 Apus -874 11 Apus -874 12 Apus -874 13 Apus -874 14 Apus -874 15 Apus -874 16 Apus -874 17 Apus -874 18 Apus -874 19 Apus -874 20 Apus -874 21 Apus -874 22 Apus -874 23 Apus -874 24 Apus -874 25 Apus -874 26 Apus -874 27 Apus -874 28 Apus -874 1 Lynx -873 3 March -0033 4 March -0033 5 March -0033 6 March -0033 7 March -0033 8 March -0033 9 March -0033 10 March -0033 11 March -0033 12 March -0033 13 March -0033 14 March -0033 15 March -0033 16 March -0033 17 March -0033 18 March -0033 19 March -0033 20 March -0033 21 March -0033 22 March -0033 23 March -0033 24 March -0033 25 March -0033 26 March -0033 27 March -0033 28 March -0033 29 March -0033 30 March -0033 31 March -0033
MS -731569 MS -731570 MS -731571 MS -731572 MS -731573 MS -731574 MS -731575 MS -731576 MS -731577 MS -731578 MS -731579 MS -731580 MS -731581 MS -731582 MS -731583 MS -731584 MS -731585 MS -731586 MS -731587 MS -731588 MS -731589 MS -731590 MS -731591 MS -731592 MS -731593 MS -731594 MS -731595 MS -731596 MS -731541 MD -751900 MD -751899 MD -751898 MD -751897 MD -751896 MD -751895 MD -751894 MD -751893 MD -751892 MD -751891 MD -751890 MD -751889 MD -751888 MD -751887 MD -751886 MD -751885 MD -751884 MD -751883 MD -751882 MD -751881 MD -751880 MD -751879 MD -751878 MD -751877 MD -751876 MD -751875 MD -751874 MD -751873 MD -751872