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 ⓘ