List of stars in Apus - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

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Star

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s in the constellation

Constellation

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Apus
Apus
Apus is a faint constellation in the southern sky, first defined in the late 16th century. Its name means "no feet" in Greek, and it represents a bird-of-paradise . It is bordered by Triangulum Australe, Circinus, Musca, Chamaeleon, Octans, Pavo and Ara...

, sorted by decreasing brightness.

Name	B Bayer designation A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name...	G. Gould designation Gould designations for stars are similar to Flamsteed designations in the way that they number stars within a constellation in increasing order of right ascension. Each star is assigned an integer , followed by " G. " , and then the Latin genitive of the constellation it lies in...	HD Henry Draper Catalogue The Henry Draper Catalogue is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension , published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the...	HIP	vis. mag. Apparent magnitude The apparent magnitude of a celestial body is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth, adjusted to the value it would have in the absence of the atmosphere...	abs. mag. Absolute magnitude Absolute magnitude is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness. it is also the apparent magnitude a star would have if it were 32.6 light years away from Earth...	Dist. (ly)	Sp. class Stellar classification In astronomy, stellar classification is a classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics. The spectral class of a star is a designated class of a star describing the ionization of its chromosphere, what atomic excitations are most prominent in the light, giving an objective measure...	Notes
α Aps Alpha Apodis Alpha Apodis is the brightest star in the constellation of Apus. It is a K-type giant star with an apparent visual magnitude of approximately 3.825. It is approximately 410 light-years from the Earth....	α	14	129078	72370	3.83	−1.67	411	K5III
γ Aps Gamma Apodis Gamma Apodis is a star in the constellation Apus.Gamma Apodis is a yellow G-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.86. It is approximately 160 light years from Earth.-References:*...	γ	44	147675	81065	3.86	0.41	159	K0IV SB
β Aps Beta Apodis Beta Apodis is a star in the constellation Apus. It is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.23, and is approximately 158 light years from Earth.-References:*...	β	47	149324	81852	4.23	0.81	158	K0III	double star Double star In observational astronomy, a double star is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope. This can happen either because the pair forms a binary star, i.e...
δ¹ Aps	δ¹	40	145366	80047	4.68	−2.17	765	M4-M5III	visual double star with δ² Aps; irregular variable Irregular variable An irregular variable is a type of variable star in which variations in brightness show no regular periodicity. There are two main sub-types of irregular variable: eruptive and pulsating.Eruptive irregular variables are divided into three categories:... ,
ζ Aps Zeta Apodis Zeta Apodis is a star in the constellation Apus.Zeta Apodis is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.76. It is approximately 312 light years from Earth.-References:* *...	ζ	60	156277	84969	4.76	−0.14	312	K1III
η Aps Eta Apodis Eta Apodis is a star in the constellation Apus. It is approximately 140 light years from Earth.The stellar classification shows this is an Am star, which means it is chemically peculiar with magnetic lines in the spectrum. Based upon observations with the Spitzer Space Telescope, this system is...	η	6	123998	69896	4.89	1.73	140	A2m...
ε Aps Epsilon Apodis Epsilon Apodis is a star in the constellation Apus.Epsilon Apodis is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with a mean apparent magnitude of +5.06. It is approximately 551 light years from Earth. It is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable star and its brightness varies by 0.05...	ε	9	124771	70248	5.06	−1.08	551	B4V	Be star Be star A Be star is a B-type star with prominent emission lines of hydrogen in its spectrum. The designation is combined by the spectral class, B, and the lowercase e denoting emission in the spectral classification system. Line emission from other atomic ions might be present as well, but is typically... ; γ Cas variable,
δ² Aps	δ²	41	145388	80057	5.27	−1.27	663	K3III	visual double star with δ¹ Aps
R Aps R Apodis R Apodis is a star in the constellation Apus.R Apodis is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.37. It is approximately 428 light years from Earth. Although it carries the variable star designation R Apodis, it is now not thought to be a variable star.-References:*...		18	131109	73223	5.37	−0.22	428	K4III	not variable Variable star A star is classified as variable if its apparent magnitude as seen from Earth changes over time, whether the changes are due to variations in the star's actual luminosity, or to variations in the amount of the star's light that is blocked from reaching Earth... despite designation
ι Aps Iota Apodis Iota Apodis is a double or multiple star system in the constellation Apus. It is approximately 1140 light years from Earth. The double star is composed of two blue-white B-type main sequence dwarfs with apparent magnitudes of +5.9 and +6.4. The stars are separated by 0.121 arcseconds on the sky...	ι	58	156190	84979	5.39	−2.34	1144	B8/B9Vn...	binary star Binary star A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common center of mass. The brighter star is called the primary and the other is its companion star, comes, or secondary...
κ¹ Aps Kappa¹ Apodis Kappa1 Apodis is a star approximately 1020 light years from Earth. It is a blue-white B-type subgiant with a mean apparent magnitude of +5.40. It is classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable star and its brightness varies from magnitude +5.43 to +5.61. A companion star is a 12th magnitude...	κ¹	29	137387	76013	5.40	−2.07	1019	B1npe	double star; Be star; γ Cas variable,
		45	148488	81141	5.50	−1.80	942	K1IIICN...
		17	130458	72833	5.59	0.63	320	G5III	double star
κ² Aps Kappa² Apodis Kappa-2 Apodis is a double star approximately 735 light years from Earth. The brighter component is a blue-white B-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +5.64. Its lower magnitude companion is an orange K-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of 12.5. It is 15 arcseconds away...	κ²	33	138800	76750	5.64	−1.12	734	B8IVe	triple star
θ Aps Theta Apodis Theta Apodis is a star in the constellation Apus and is located approximately 328 light years from Earth. It is a M-type red giant with a mean apparent magnitude of +5.69. It is classified as a semiregular variable star and its brightness varies by 0.56 magnitudes with a period of 119...	θ	4	122250	68815	5.69	0.67	328	M6.5III	semiregular variable,
		38	143346	78868	5.70	0.97	288	K1IIICNII
NO Aps NO Apodis NO Apodis is semi-regular pulsating star.-References:*...		59	156513	85760	5.83	−1.15	811	M3III	semiregular variable,
		66	164712	89115	5.86	1.41	253	K3III	double star
		67	165259	89234	5.86	2.80	133	F5V	double star
		19	131425	73415	5.92	−1.23	876	G8II
		34	138867	76877	5.95	0.64	377	B9V
		5	122862	69090	6.02	3.73	93	G1V
		25	133981	74421	6.02	−1.06	849	B8/B9III
		11	126209	70874	6.06	0.04	522	K0/K1III
		63	161988	87926	6.08	−0.23	595	K2III	double star
		3	121439	68431	6.09	−0.65	728	B9III
		32	138289	76664	6.19	1.10	339	K2II
		20	131551	73394	6.20	0.15	529	B9V	double star
		55	154556	84158	6.21	1.99	228	K1IVCN...
		56	154972	84510	6.24	1.25	324	A0V
		12	128294	71870	6.34	0.05	592	B9III
		65	162337	88599	6.37	−0.89	924	K3/K4III
		30	137366	75959	6.39	−1.15	1052	B3V
		35	141846	78360	6.40	1.76	276	F3IV	double star
		8	124639	70418	6.42	−0.74	881	B8V	emission-line star
		15	129899	72670	6.44	−0.76	898	Ap...
		50	152010	82944	6.46	−2.08	1663	A5IV/V	double star
		7	124099	69778	6.48	−2.82	2362	K2IIp
		61	159558	86510	6.48	1.15	379	G8III
HD 137388			137388	76351	8.71		124	K0/K1V	has a planet Planet A planet is a celestial body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.The term planet is ancient, with ties to history, science,... (b)

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