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 458→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Apus 458 2 Apus 458 3 Apus 458 4 Apus 458 5 Apus 458 6 Apus 458 7 Apus 458 8 Apus 458 9 Apus 458 10 Apus 458 11 Apus 458 12 Apus 458 13 Apus 458 14 Apus 458 15 Apus 458 16 Apus 458 17 Apus 458 18 Apus 458 19 Apus 458 20 Apus 458 21 Apus 458 22 Apus 458 23 Apus 458 24 Apus 458 25 Apus 458 26 Apus 458 27 Apus 458 28 Apus 458 1 Pavo 458 6 February 2473 7 February 2473 8 February 2473 9 February 2473 10 February 2473 11 February 2473 12 February 2473 13 February 2473 14 February 2473 15 February 2473 16 February 2473 17 February 2473 18 February 2473 19 February 2473 20 February 2473 21 February 2473 22 February 2473 23 February 2473 24 February 2473 25 February 2473 26 February 2473 27 February 2473 28 February 2473 1 March 2473 2 March 2473 3 March 2473 4 March 2473 5 March 2473 6 March 2473 7 March 2473
MS 158968 MS 158969 MS 158970 MS 158971 MS 158972 MS 158973 MS 158974 MS 158975 MS 158976 MS 158977 MS 158978 MS 158979 MS 158980 MS 158981 MS 158982 MS 158983 MS 158984 MS 158985 MS 158986 MS 158987 MS 158988 MS 158989 MS 158990 MS 158991 MS 158992 MS 158993 MS 158994 MS 158995 MS 158996 MD 163374 MD 163375 MD 163376 MD 163377 MD 163378 MD 163379 MD 163380 MD 163381 MD 163382 MD 163383 MD 163384 MD 163385 MD 163386 MD 163387 MD 163388 MD 163389 MD 163390 MD 163391 MD 163392 MD 163393 MD 163394 MD 163395 MD 163396 MD 163397 MD 163398 MD 163399 MD 163400 MD 163401 MD 163402 MD 163403