APUS
(Abbreviation:
Aps).
Originally Avis Indica; it was introduced by Bayer in
1603. It lies in the far south, and
has only two stars brighter than magnitude four.
BRIGHTEST STARS
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
MAG. |
ABS.MAG. |
SPEC |
DIST.PC. | ||||
|
H |
M |
S |
o |
‘ |
“ | |||||
|
a |
14 |
47 |
51.6 |
-79 |
02 |
41 |
3.83 |
-0.3 |
K5 |
67 |
|
d |
16 |
20 |
20.7 |
-78 |
41 |
44 |
4.68 |
-0.5 |
M4+K5 |
110 |
|
g |
16 |
33 |
27.1 |
-78 |
53 |
49 |
3.89 |
3.2 |
KO |
14 |
|
b |
16 |
43 |
04.5 |
-77 |
31 |
02 |
4.24 |
0.2 |
KO |
42 |
|
z |
17 |
21 |
59.3 |
-67 |
46 |
13 |
4.78 |
-0.3 |
gk5 |
100 |
The magnitude of d is given as the combination of d¹ and d², which are separated by 103” and make up a very wide
physically connected pair. The only
other star above mag. 5 is h; mag. 4.91, type A2p.
VARIABLES
|
STAR |
R.A. |
DEC |
RANGE |
PERIOD,D. |
SPEC |
TYPE | ||
|
H |
M |
o |
‘ | |||||
|
q |
14 |
05.2 |
-76 |
47.8 |
6.0---8.6 |
SEMI-REGULAR |
M4 |
|
|
R |
14 |
52.0 |
-76 |
28 |
5---6 |
RANGE AND TYPE
UNCERTAIN |
MO |
|
|
S |
15 |
04.3 |
-71 |
53 |
9.5---15 |
IRREGULA |
R3 |
R CORONÆ
TYPE |
CLUSTER
|
OBJECT |
R.A. |
DEC |
TYPE |
NOTES | ||
|
H |
M |
o |
‘ | |||
|
I 4499 |
14 |
52.7 |
-82 |
02 |
GLOBULAR |
MAG.
11.5 |
