Apus - Bird of Paradise

Last Updated February 7, 2019 by Tim Trott. First Published in 2012.

Learn about the constellation Apus - Bird of Paradise, location, facts, mythology, meteor showers and deep space objects.

Apus is a faint southern constellation, not visible to the ancient Greeks.

Location: Southern Constellation 16h RA -75° Dec

The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.

Apus Mythology

There is no mythology associated with this constellation.

Apus Deep Space Objects

Northern Circumpolar
Camelopardalis	Cassiopeia	Cepheus	Draco	Lacerta	Ursa Major
Ursa Minor

Northern Spring
Antlia	Boötes	Cancer	Coma Berenices	Crater	Hydra
Leo	Leo Minor	Virgo

Northern Summer
Aquila	Corona Borealis	Cygnus	Delphinus	Equuleus	Hercules
Libra	Lyra	Ophiuchus	Sagitta	Scutum	Serpens
Vulpecula

Northern Autumn
Andromeda	Aquarius	Aries	Capricornus	Pegasus	Pisces
Triangulum

Northern Winter
Auriga	Canes Venatici	Canis Major	Canis Minor	Cetus	Eridanus
Gemini	Lepus	Lynx	Monoceros	Orion	Perseus
Taurus

Southern Constellations
Apus	Ara	Caelum	Carina	Centaurus	Chamaeleon
Circinus	Columba	Corona Australis	Corvus	Crux	Dorado
Fornax	Grus	Horologium	Hydrus	Indus	Lupus
Mensa	Microscopium	Musca	Norma	Octans	Pavo
Phoenix	Pictor	Piscis Austrinus	Puppis	Pyxis	Reticulum
Sagittarius	Scorpius	Sculptor	Sextans	Telescopium	Triangulum Australe
Tucana	Vela	Volans

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