Asteroids Clusters Comets Concepts Constellations Galaxies Moons Nebulae Planets and Moons Stars Surface Features

Menus

Catalogues

Tools and Links

eSky © copyright
Mark Fisher
1999-2008
Alpha Apodis
The brightest of the stars of the far southern constellation Apus. It is an orange giant, but its distance from Earth of more than 400 light years makes it appear faint in the sky.

Location of Alpha Apodis
Orange Alpha Apodis marks the tail of Apus, the Bird of Paradise. This is a far southern star, just 11° from the Southern Celestial Pole.
Indexes
  • Main Index
  • Bayer Stars Index
    		•  Related Entries
  • Apus
    		•