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 162→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Apus 162 2 Apus 162 3 Apus 162 4 Apus 162 5 Apus 162 6 Apus 162 7 Apus 162 8 Apus 162 9 Apus 162 10 Apus 162 11 Apus 162 12 Apus 162 13 Apus 162 14 Apus 162 15 Apus 162 16 Apus 162 17 Apus 162 18 Apus 162 19 Apus 162 20 Apus 162 21 Apus 162 22 Apus 162 23 Apus 162 24 Apus 162 25 Apus 162 26 Apus 162 27 Apus 162 28 Apus 162 1 Pavo 162 20 March 1916 21 March 1916 22 March 1916 23 March 1916 24 March 1916 25 March 1916 26 March 1916 27 March 1916 28 March 1916 29 March 1916 30 March 1916 31 March 1916 1 April 1916 2 April 1916 3 April 1916 4 April 1916 5 April 1916 6 April 1916 7 April 1916 8 April 1916 9 April 1916 10 April 1916 11 April 1916 12 April 1916 13 April 1916 14 April 1916 15 April 1916 16 April 1916 17 April 1916
MS -38934 MS -38933 MS -38932 MS -38931 MS -38930 MS -38929 MS -38928 MS -38927 MS -38926 MS -38925 MS -38924 MS -38923 MS -38922 MS -38921 MS -38920 MS -38919 MS -38918 MS -38917 MS -38916 MS -38915 MS -38914 MS -38913 MS -38912 MS -38911 MS -38910 MS -38909 MS -38908 MS -38907 MS -38906 MD -40025 MD -40024 MD -40023 MD -40022 MD -40021 MD -40020 MD -40019 MD -40018 MD -40017 MD -40016 MD -40015 MD -40014 MD -40013 MD -40012 MD -40011 MD -40010 MD -40009 MD -40008 MD -40007 MD -40006 MD -40005 MD -40004 MD -40003 MD -40002 MD -40001 MD -40000 MD -39999 MD -39998 MD -39997