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Proper Name	None
Bayer Designation	Alpha Apodis
Flamsteed Number	None
HR (BSC)	5470
HD	129078
Constellation	Apus
Right Ascension	14h 47m 52s
Declination	-79° 2' 41"
Distance	447 light years 137 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +3.8 Absolute: -1.9
Spectral Class	K3IIICN0.5 orange giant
Optimum Visibility	May (Usually visible from southern latitudes)
Notes	Though designated 'Alpha', this star belongs to a faint constellation, and is itself only fourth magnitude. Alpha Apodis is an evolved orange giant star that has begun to burn helium in its core, and has expanded to a diameter more than fifty times that of the Sun.

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.

The brightest of the stars of the far southern constellation Apus. It is an orange giant, but its distance from Earth of nearly 450 light years makes it appear faint in the sky.

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