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 443→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Apus 443 2 Apus 443 3 Apus 443 4 Apus 443 5 Apus 443 6 Apus 443 7 Apus 443 8 Apus 443 9 Apus 443 10 Apus 443 11 Apus 443 12 Apus 443 13 Apus 443 14 Apus 443 15 Apus 443 16 Apus 443 17 Apus 443 18 Apus 443 19 Apus 443 20 Apus 443 21 Apus 443 22 Apus 443 23 Apus 443 24 Apus 443 25 Apus 443 26 Apus 443 27 Apus 443 28 Apus 443 1 Pavo 443 17 November 2444 18 November 2444 19 November 2444 20 November 2444 21 November 2444 22 November 2444 23 November 2444 24 November 2444 25 November 2444 26 November 2444 27 November 2444 28 November 2444 29 November 2444 30 November 2444 1 December 2444 2 December 2444 3 December 2444 4 December 2444 5 December 2444 6 December 2444 7 December 2444 8 December 2444 9 December 2444 10 December 2444 11 December 2444 12 December 2444 13 December 2444 14 December 2444 15 December 2444 16 December 2444
MS 148939 MS 148940 MS 148941 MS 148942 MS 148943 MS 148944 MS 148945 MS 148946 MS 148947 MS 148948 MS 148949 MS 148950 MS 148951 MS 148952 MS 148953 MS 148954 MS 148955 MS 148956 MS 148957 MS 148958 MS 148959 MS 148960 MS 148961 MS 148962 MS 148963 MS 148964 MS 148965 MS 148966 MS 148967 MD 153066 MD 153067 MD 153068 MD 153069 MD 153070 MD 153071 MD 153072 MD 153073 MD 153074 MD 153075 MD 153076 MD 153077 MD 153078 MD 153079 MD 153080 MD 153081 MD 153082 MD 153083 MD 153084 MD 153085 MD 153086 MD 153087 MD 153088 MD 153089 MD 153090 MD 153091 MD 153092 MD 153093 MD 153094 MD 153095