Apus

Apus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The Paradise Bird was an invention by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

Etymology and History

de Houtman (1603) "de Paradijs Voghel", the Paradise Bird. screenshot of star catalogue.

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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  Apus in Bayer (1603).

All HIP Stars within this constellation

HIP 72370,HIP 81852,HIP 81065,HIP 80047,HIP 80057

References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)