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

 

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
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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