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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.
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
.
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