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 478→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Apus 478 2 Apus 478 3 Apus 478 4 Apus 478 5 Apus 478 6 Apus 478 7 Apus 478 8 Apus 478 9 Apus 478 10 Apus 478 11 Apus 478 12 Apus 478 13 Apus 478 14 Apus 478 15 Apus 478 16 Apus 478 17 Apus 478 18 Apus 478 19 Apus 478 20 Apus 478 21 Apus 478 22 Apus 478 23 Apus 478 24 Apus 478 25 Apus 478 26 Apus 478 27 Apus 478 28 Apus 478 1 Pavo 478 24 September 2510 25 September 2510 26 September 2510 27 September 2510 28 September 2510 29 September 2510 30 September 2510 1 October 2510 2 October 2510 3 October 2510 4 October 2510 5 October 2510 6 October 2510 7 October 2510 8 October 2510 9 October 2510 10 October 2510 11 October 2510 12 October 2510 13 October 2510 14 October 2510 15 October 2510 16 October 2510 17 October 2510 18 October 2510 19 October 2510 20 October 2510 21 October 2510 22 October 2510 23 October 2510
MS 172340 MS 172341 MS 172342 MS 172343 MS 172344 MS 172345 MS 172346 MS 172347 MS 172348 MS 172349 MS 172350 MS 172351 MS 172352 MS 172353 MS 172354 MS 172355 MS 172356 MS 172357 MS 172358 MS 172359 MS 172360 MS 172361 MS 172362 MS 172363 MS 172364 MS 172365 MS 172366 MS 172367 MS 172368 MD 177117 MD 177118 MD 177119 MD 177120 MD 177121 MD 177122 MD 177123 MD 177124 MD 177125 MD 177126 MD 177127 MD 177128 MD 177129 MD 177130 MD 177131 MD 177132 MD 177133 MD 177134 MD 177135 MD 177136 MD 177137 MD 177138 MD 177139 MD 177140 MD 177141 MD 177142 MD 177143 MD 177144 MD 177145 MD 177146