Constellation Bird of Paradise (Apus)

Bird of Paradise is one of the 88 constellations that carve up the sky. It sits in the far southern sky and rides highest overhead around May.

Bright stars in Bird of Paradise

This constellation has no bright stars (mag < 3.0) in our main catalogue. See the full Hipparcos atlas for fainter stars.

About the constellation

The constellation Bird of Paradise (Latin Apus) lies in the far southern sky. It passes highest around midnight in May, so the weeks around then are the easiest time to track it down. From most of the southern hemisphere it climbs into view at some point in the year. Astronomers label its stars with the genitive form Apodis, as in "Alpha Apodis".

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