Origin from 1598
Apus is one of the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union. Its genitive form is Apodis, its standard abbreviation is Aps, it is traditionally shown as The Bird-of-Paradise. It belongs to the Bayer family of constellations. The constellation covers about 206 square degrees of sky, ranking 67th in size among the 88. Its brightest star is α Aps (Paradys) at apparent magnitude 3.83. It borders Triangulum Australe, Circinus, Musca, Chamaeleon, Octans, Pavo and Ara. In this atlas the entity is the shared sky reference for astronomical objects catalogued by constellation, so every star, nebula or galaxy located within Apus resolves to one identity.
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1. Apus (Wikipedia)
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Apus is a small constellation in the southern sky.
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First depicted on a celestial globe by Petrus Plancius in 1598, it was charted on a star atlas by Johann Bayer in his 1603 Uranometria.
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