Apus
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Abbreviation	Aps
Genitive	Apodis
Meaning in English	the bird of paradise
Right ascension	16 h
Declination	-75°
Visible to latitude	Between 5° and -90°
On meridian	9 p.m., July 10
Area  - Total	Ranked 67th 206 sq. deg.
Number of stars with apparent magnitude < 3	0
Brightest star  - Apparent magnitude	α Apodis 3.83
Meteor showers	None
Bordering constellations	Triangulum Australe Circinus Musca Chamaeleon Octans Pavo Ara

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.