Apus

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Apus is a small southern constellation representing a bird of paradise, located near the south celestial pole.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Apus canonical 9

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation
southern constellation
abbreviation Aps
areaSquareDegrees 206
belongsTo Bayer constellations
borderedBy Ara
Chamaeleon
Octans
Pavo
Triangulum Australe
brightestStar Alpha Apodis
brightestStarApparentMagnitude 3.8
containsDeepSkyObject IC 4499
NGC 6101
NGC 6392
containsDoubleStar Gamma Apodis
containsGlobularCluster IC 4499
NGC 6101
containsOpenCluster NGC 6392
containsStar Alpha Apodis
Beta Apodis
Delta Apodis
Gamma Apodis
Kappa Apodis
Zeta Apodis
containsVariableStar Delta Apodis
declinationRange approximately −67° to −83°
eclipticCrosses no
firstAppearedOnGlobe Plancius 1598 celestial globe
genitiveForm Apodis
hasNo Messier objects
hemisphereVisibility best visible from southern latitudes
IAUAbbreviation Aps
IAUConstellation yes
IAUConstellationFamily Bayer family
IAUThreeLetterAbbreviation Aps
includedInAtlas Johann Bayer Uranometria 1603
linked to: Uranometria
introducedBy Petrus Plancius
introducedEra late 16th century
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere
nameMeaning bird of paradise
near south celestial pole
notIn Ptolemy 48 constellations
rankByArea 67
represents bird of paradise
rightAscensionRange approximately 13h to 18h
visibleBestMonth June
visibleBetweenLatitudes +7 degrees to −90 degrees
zodiacConstellation no

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Musca borderedBy Apus
Chamaeleon borderingConstellation Apus
subject linked to: Chamaeleon constellation
Pavo borderedBy Apus
Norma borderedBy Apus
Octans borderedBy Apus
Circinus borderedBy Apus
Chamaeleon borderedBy Apus