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 61→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Apus 61 2 Apus 61 3 Apus 61 4 Apus 61 5 Apus 61 6 Apus 61 7 Apus 61 8 Apus 61 9 Apus 61 10 Apus 61 11 Apus 61 12 Apus 61 13 Apus 61 14 Apus 61 15 Apus 61 16 Apus 61 17 Apus 61 18 Apus 61 19 Apus 61 20 Apus 61 21 Apus 61 22 Apus 61 23 Apus 61 24 Apus 61 25 Apus 61 26 Apus 61 27 Apus 61 28 Apus 61 1 Pavo 61 12 March 1726 13 March 1726 14 March 1726 15 March 1726 16 March 1726 17 March 1726 18 March 1726 19 March 1726 20 March 1726 21 March 1726 22 March 1726 23 March 1726 24 March 1726 25 March 1726 26 March 1726 27 March 1726 28 March 1726 29 March 1726 30 March 1726 31 March 1726 1 April 1726 2 April 1726 3 April 1726 4 April 1726 5 April 1726 6 April 1726 7 April 1726 8 April 1726 9 April 1726 10 April 1726
MS -106462 MS -106461 MS -106460 MS -106459 MS -106458 MS -106457 MS -106456 MS -106455 MS -106454 MS -106453 MS -106452 MS -106451 MS -106450 MS -106449 MS -106448 MS -106447 MS -106446 MS -106445 MS -106444 MS -106443 MS -106442 MS -106441 MS -106440 MS -106439 MS -106438 MS -106437 MS -106436 MS -106435 MS -106434 MD -109429 MD -109428 MD -109427 MD -109426 MD -109425 MD -109424 MD -109423 MD -109422 MD -109421 MD -109420 MD -109419 MD -109418 MD -109417 MD -109416 MD -109415 MD -109414 MD -109413 MD -109412 MD -109411 MD -109410 MD -109409 MD -109408 MD -109407 MD -109406 MD -109405 MD -109404 MD -109403 MD -109402 MD -109401 MD -109400