Constellations
Apus (Aps)
The Bird of Paradise
Also known as bird of paradise.
6 looks for Apus
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Apus
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Bird of Paradise
- IAU abbreviation
- Aps
- Its stars are named
- Apodis (as in "Alpha Apodis")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in July
- Centre
- Right ascension 16h 08m, declination −78° 46′
- The figure
- 4 stars joined by 3 lines
- Brightest star
- α Aps, magnitude 3.83
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- α Apsmag 3.83
- γ Apsmag 3.89
- β Apsmag 4.24
- δ1 Apsmag 4.68
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation