The Brightest Star In The Apus Explanation

Apus constellation is located in the southern hemisphere,and it represents the bird of paradise. Its names is derived from the Greek word apous, which means “footless.” (At one point in history, birds of paradise were said to lack feet.) Apus is the 67th constellation in size and occupies an area of around 206 square degrees. It lies in the third quadrant of the southern hemisphere and can be seen at latitudes between +5° and -90°. The brightest star in the constellation is Alpha Apodis.

Apus was originally named Paradysvogel Apis Indica by Petrus Planciu s, who created and introduced the constellation. Paradysvogel means “the bird of paradise” in Dutch, and Apis Indica is Latin for “indian bee.” Apis, the word for “bee,” was presumably used in error and the constellation should have been named Avis, which means “bird.” The constellation was also called Apis Indica in Bayer’s Uranometria, while other astronomers, like Johannes Kepler, referred to it as Avis Indica, as Kepler did in his Rudolphine Tables in 1627. As a result of the confusion, Avis Indica was renamed to Apus, and Apis, the constellation

An island of paradise, called Amonie, everybody lived in harmony with each others, everything was perfect. But there was an enemy, a dark army wanting to destroy this island of paradise because it was filed with too much goodness. Most of the population on Amonie wanted to lead the others to this battle, they were sure they were going to win. But with everyone wanting to be a leader, everything was chaos, and the dark army took this as a time to attack. After 5 days of hard battle, the Amonieans were ready to give up. But the bird Apus, a common bird around that area, wasn't. With his help the Amonieans won, but with a price, Apus died. The gods above saw his great heroic feat and decided to allow him into the heavens. So that he could forever be with the stars. And that no one ever forgot the great deeds of Apus, the bird of