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Apus



Abbreviation: Aps
Genitive: Apodis
Right Ascension: 16.16 hours
Declination: -76.28 degrees
  Apus, the Bird of Paradise is completely visible from Southern Latitudes and only visible from Northern Latitudes South of 7 degrees N.

Apus was invented by Pieter Dirksz Keyser and Fredrick de Houtman sometime between 1595-1597.

  Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars
 

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)
 
Common Name
or Bayer Number 1 		RA DEC Magnitude 2
ALP APS 14.00:47.00:51.63 -79.00:2.00:41.15 3.83
GAM APS 16.00:33.00:27.04 -78.00:53.00:49.66 3.89
IOT APS 17.00:22.00:5.85 -70.00:7.00:23.57 5.41
THE APS 14.00:5.00:19.82 -76.00:47.00:48.38 5.48
KAP1 APS 15.00:31.00:30.78 -73.00:23.00:22.46 5.49
   
 

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)
   
 

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.
 
Object R.A. Dec. Object Type 3 Mag. Uranometria Tirion
NGC 6101 16 25.8 -72 12 GLOCL 09.3 454 25
   
 

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
GCVS ID R.A.
(hh mm ss.ss)		 Dec.
(deg mm ss)		 Variable Type 4 Mag. Min Mag. Max
NN Aps 15.00:26.00:20.10 -70.00:53.00:29.00 ACV 6.92 6.86
NO Aps 17.00:22.00:3.70 -80.00:49.00:6.00 SR 5.95 5.71
del 1 Aps 16.00:12.00:48.00 -78.00:34.00:26.00 LB: 4.87 4.66
kap 1 Aps 15.00:26.00:1.10 -73.00:13.00:7.00 GCAS 5.61 5.43
   
 

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
Name R.A.
(hh mm.m)		 Dec.
(deg mm)		 Mag 5 Sep 6 PA 7 Tirion Uranometria
D APS 16 20.4 -78 42 4.8, 5.2 102.90 12 26 468