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| Abbreviation || Aps
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| Genitive || Apodis
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| Meaning in English || the bird of paradise
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| Right ascension || 16 h
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| Declination || -75°
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| Visible to latitude || Between 5° and -90°
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| On meridian
| 9 p.m., July 10
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| Area
- Total
| Ranked 67th
206 sq. deg.
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| Number of stars with
apparent magnitude < 3
| 0
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| Brightest star
- Apparent magnitude
| α Apodis
3.83
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| Meteor showers ||
None
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| Bordering constellations ||
|} Apus (the bird of paradise) is a faint southern constellation. Its first known appearance was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria, but it may have been used by navigators before then.