Apus (constellation) (original) (raw)
Apus. © 2003 Torsten Bronger.
Apus (abbreviation: Aps), the Bird of Paradise, originally called Avis Indica, is a small, faint constellation lying near the south celestial pole, immediately south of Triangulum Australe (the Southern Triangle). See below for details of its brightest stars.
IC 4499
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| IC 4499. Hubble Space Telescope image. |
IC 4499 is a globular cluster located in the galactic halo at a distance of about 55,000 light-years. It is a moderately lightweight cluster consisting of a what appears to be a single generation of stars.
| Stars in Apus brighter than magnitude 4.0 | ||||||
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| star | vis mag | abs mag | spec type | distance (ly) | RA (h m s) | Dec (° ' ") |
| Alpha | 3.83 | -1.68 | K5III | 411 | 14 47 52 | -79 02 41 |
| Gamma | 3.86 | 0.41 | K0IV | 160 | 16 33 27 | -78 53 49 |
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