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 1284→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Apus 1284 2 Apus 1284 3 Apus 1284 4 Apus 1284 5 Apus 1284 6 Apus 1284 7 Apus 1284 8 Apus 1284 9 Apus 1284 10 Apus 1284 11 Apus 1284 12 Apus 1284 13 Apus 1284 14 Apus 1284 15 Apus 1284 16 Apus 1284 17 Apus 1284 18 Apus 1284 19 Apus 1284 20 Apus 1284 21 Apus 1284 22 Apus 1284 23 Apus 1284 24 Apus 1284 25 Apus 1284 26 Apus 1284 27 Apus 1284 28 Apus 1284 1 Pavo 1284 16 February 4027 17 February 4027 18 February 4027 19 February 4027 20 February 4027 21 February 4027 22 February 4027 23 February 4027 24 February 4027 25 February 4027 26 February 4027 27 February 4027 28 February 4027 1 March 4027 2 March 4027 3 March 4027 4 March 4027 5 March 4027 6 March 4027 7 March 4027 8 March 4027 9 March 4027 10 March 4027 11 March 4027 12 March 4027 13 March 4027 14 March 4027 15 March 4027 16 March 4027 17 March 4027
MS 711224 MS 711225 MS 711226 MS 711227 MS 711228 MS 711229 MS 711230 MS 711231 MS 711232 MS 711233 MS 711234 MS 711235 MS 711236 MS 711237 MS 711238 MS 711239 MS 711240 MS 711241 MS 711242 MS 711243 MS 711244 MS 711245 MS 711246 MS 711247 MS 711248 MS 711249 MS 711250 MS 711251 MS 711252 MD 730970 MD 730971 MD 730972 MD 730973 MD 730974 MD 730975 MD 730976 MD 730977 MD 730978 MD 730979 MD 730980 MD 730981 MD 730982 MD 730983 MD 730984 MD 730985 MD 730986 MD 730987 MD 730988 MD 730989 MD 730990 MD 730991 MD 730992 MD 730993 MD 730994 MD 730995 MD 730996 MD 730997 MD 730998 MD 730999