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 1244→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Apus 1244 2 Apus 1244 3 Apus 1244 4 Apus 1244 5 Apus 1244 6 Apus 1244 7 Apus 1244 8 Apus 1244 9 Apus 1244 10 Apus 1244 11 Apus 1244 12 Apus 1244 13 Apus 1244 14 Apus 1244 15 Apus 1244 16 Apus 1244 17 Apus 1244 18 Apus 1244 19 Apus 1244 20 Apus 1244 21 Apus 1244 22 Apus 1244 23 Apus 1244 24 Apus 1244 25 Apus 1244 26 Apus 1244 27 Apus 1244 28 Apus 1244 1 Pavo 1244 15 November 3951 16 November 3951 17 November 3951 18 November 3951 19 November 3951 20 November 3951 21 November 3951 22 November 3951 23 November 3951 24 November 3951 25 November 3951 26 November 3951 27 November 3951 28 November 3951 29 November 3951 30 November 3951 1 December 3951 2 December 3951 3 December 3951 4 December 3951 5 December 3951 6 December 3951 7 December 3951 8 December 3951 9 December 3951 10 December 3951 11 December 3951 12 December 3951 13 December 3951 14 December 3951
MS 684480 MS 684481 MS 684482 MS 684483 MS 684484 MS 684485 MS 684486 MS 684487 MS 684488 MS 684489 MS 684490 MS 684491 MS 684492 MS 684493 MS 684494 MS 684495 MS 684496 MS 684497 MS 684498 MS 684499 MS 684500 MS 684501 MS 684502 MS 684503 MS 684504 MS 684505 MS 684506 MS 684507 MS 684508 MD 703483 MD 703484 MD 703485 MD 703486 MD 703487 MD 703488 MD 703489 MD 703490 MD 703491 MD 703492 MD 703493 MD 703494 MD 703495 MD 703496 MD 703497 MD 703498 MD 703499 MD 703500 MD 703501 MD 703502 MD 703503 MD 703504 MD 703505 MD 703506 MD 703507 MD 703508 MD 703509 MD 703510 MD 703511 MD 703512