Apus Aps
Apus is one of the 88 constellations, covering 207 square degrees of the sky (67th largest). It is highest at midnight in May and best in the evening sky in June and July.
None of its objects has a page of its own here yet.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Aps |
|---|---|
| Size | 207 square degrees (67th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 16h 15m, −76° |
| Highest at midnight | May (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: June and July) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle never rises; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 0 objects |
Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| IC 4499 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 8.6 | 5.1′ |
| NGC 5833 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.9 | 3.1′ |
| NGC 5612 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.1 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 5967 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.2 | 2.4′ |
| NGC 6392 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.3 | 1.9′ |
| IC 4618 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.6 | 1.7′ |
| IC 4522 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.1 | 3′ |
| IC 4654 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.2 | 2′ |
| NGC 6209 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.2 | 2.1′ |
| IC 4661 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 1.6′ |
| IC 4448 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.5 | 1.1′ |
| IC 4555 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 2.1′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits