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List of stars in Apus

Index List of stars in Apus

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Apus, sorted by decreasing brightness. [1]

59 relations: Absolute magnitude, Alpha Apodis, Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable, Apparent magnitude, Apus, Bayer designation, Beta Apodis, Binary star, Brown dwarf, Constellation, Cosmic distance ladder, Declination, Delta Apodis, Double star, Epsilon Apodis, Eta Apodis, Gamma Apodis, HD 124639, HD 130458, HD 131551, HD 131664, HD 134606, HD 137388, HD 137509, HD 141846, HD 152010, HD 161988, HD 164712, HD 165259, Henry Draper Catalogue, Hipparcos, HR 5955, HR 6135, Iota Apodis, Kappa1 Apodis, Kappa2 Apodis, Light-year, List of stars in Apus, Lists of stars by constellation, MY Apodis, NO Apodis, Planet, Planetary nebula, Proper names (astronomy), Pulsating white dwarf, R Apodis, R Coronae Borealis variable, Right ascension, RV Tauri variable, S Apodis, ..., Semiregular variable star, Shell star, Star, Stellar classification, Theta Apodis, Variable star, Variable star designation, Z Apodis, Zeta Apodis. Expand index (9 more) »

Absolute magnitude

Absolute magnitude is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object, on a logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale.

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Alpha Apodis

Alpha Apodis (Alpha Aps, α Apodis, α Aps) is the brightest star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus, with an apparent magnitude of approximately 3.825.

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Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable

An Alpha2 Canum Venaticorum variable (or α2 CVn variable) is a type of variable star.

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Apparent magnitude

The apparent magnitude of a celestial object is a number that is a measure of its brightness as seen by an observer on Earth.

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Apus

Apus is a small constellation in the southern sky.

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Bayer designation

A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek letter, followed by the genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name.

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Beta Apodis

Beta Apodis (β Aps, β Apodis) is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus.

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Binary star

A binary star is a star system consisting of two stars orbiting around their common barycenter.

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Brown dwarf

Brown dwarfs are substellar objects that occupy the mass range between the heaviest gas giant planets and the lightest stars, having masses between approximately 13 to 75–80 times that of Jupiter, or approximately to about.

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Constellation

A constellation is a group of stars that are considered to form imaginary outlines or meaningful patterns on the celestial sphere, typically representing animals, mythological people or gods, mythological creatures, or manufactured devices.

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Cosmic distance ladder

The cosmic distance ladder (also known as the extragalactic distance scale) is the succession of methods by which astronomers determine the distances to celestial objects.

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Declination

In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle.

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Delta Apodis

Delta Apodis (δ Aps, δ Apodis) is the Bayer designation for a double star in the southern constellation of Apus.

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Double star

In observational astronomy, a double star or visual double is a pair of stars that appear close to each other in the sky as seen from Earth when viewed through an optical telescope.

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Epsilon Apodis

Epsilon Apodis, Latinized from ε Apodis, is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus.

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Eta Apodis

Eta Apodis, Latinized from η Apodis, is a star in the southern circumpolar constellation Apus.

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Gamma Apodis

Gamma Apodis (γ Aps, γ Apodis) is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus.

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HD 124639

HD 124639 is a Be star in the southern constellation of Apus.

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HD 130458

HD 130458 is a double star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus.

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HD 131551

HD 131551 is a star in the southern constellation of Apus.

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HD 131664

HD 131664 is an 8th magnitude G-type main sequence star located approximately 181 light-years away in the constellation of Apus.

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HD 134606

HD 134606 is a class G6IV (yellow subgiant) star in the constellation Apus.

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HD 137388

HD 137388 is a class K2IV (orange subgiant) star in the constellation Apus.

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HD 137509

HD 137509, also known as NN Apodis, is a class B9p star in the constellation Apus.

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HD 141846

HD 141846 is a double star in the southern constellation of Apus.

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HD 152010

HD 152010 is a star in the southern constellation of Apus.

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HD 161988

HD 161988 is star in the southern constellation of Apus.

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HD 164712

HD 164712 is a giant star in the southern constellation of Apus.

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HD 165259

HD 165259 is visual binary star system in the southern constellation of Apus.

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Henry Draper Catalogue

The Henry Draper Catalogue (HD) is an astronomical star catalogue published between 1918 and 1924, giving spectroscopic classifications for 225,300 stars; it was later expanded by the Henry Draper Extension (HDE), published between 1925 and 1936, which gave classifications for 46,850 more stars, and by the Henry Draper Extension Charts (HDEC), published from 1937 to 1949 in the form of charts, which gave classifications for 86,933 more stars.

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Hipparcos

Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 1989 and operated until 1993.

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HR 5955

HR 5955 is an orange giant star, type K1.5III CN1, in the far southern constellation of Apus.

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HR 6135

HR 6135 is an orange giant star, type K0.5III, 800 light-years from here in the southern constellation of Apus that shines with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.50 making it the 12th-brightest star in the constellation.

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Iota Apodis

Iota Apodis (ι Aps, ι Apodis) is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus.

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Kappa1 Apodis

Kappa1 Apodis, Latinized from κ1 Apodis, is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus.

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Kappa2 Apodis

Kappa2 Apodis (κ2 Apodis) is the Bayer designation for a double star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus.

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Light-year

The light-year is a unit of length used to express astronomical distances and measures about 9.5 trillion kilometres or 5.9 trillion miles.

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List of stars in Apus

This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Apus, sorted by decreasing brightness.

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Lists of stars by constellation

All stars but one can be associated with an IAU constellation.

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MY Apodis

MY Apodis, also known as L 19-2 or WD 1425-811, is a pulsating white dwarf or ZZ Ceti star located in the far southern constellation Apus.

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NO Apodis

NO Apodis (HD 156513) is semi-regular pulsating star located in the far southern constellation Apus.

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Planet

A planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals.

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Planetary nebula

A planetary nebula, abbreviated as PN or plural PNe, is a type of emission nebula consisting of an expanding, glowing shell of ionized gas ejected from red giant stars late in their lives.

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Proper names (astronomy)

Some astronomical objects have proper names (common names, popular names, traditional names); as opposed to catalogue numbers or other systematic designations.

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Pulsating white dwarf

A pulsating white dwarf is a white dwarf star whose luminosity varies due to non-radial gravity wave pulsations within itself.

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R Apodis

R Apodis (R Aps) is a star in the constellation Apus.

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R Coronae Borealis variable

An R Coronae Borealis variable (abbreviated RCB, R CrB) is an eruptive variable star that varies in luminosity in two modes, one low amplitude pulsation (a few tenths of a magnitude), and one irregular, unpredictably-sudden fading by 1 to 9 magnitudes.

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Right ascension

Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol) is the angular distance measured only eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point above the earth in question.

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RV Tauri variable

RV Tauri variables are luminous variable stars that have distinctive light variations with alternating deep and shallow minima.

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S Apodis

S Apodis (HD 133444) is an R Coronae Borealis variable star located in the far southern constellation Apus.

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Semiregular variable star

Semiregular variable stars are giants or supergiants of intermediate and late spectral type showing considerable periodicity in their light changes, accompanied or sometimes interrupted by various irregularities.

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Shell star

A shell star is a star having a spectrum that exhibits features indicating a circumstellar disc of gas surrounding the star at the equator.

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Star

A star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity.

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Stellar classification

In astronomy, stellar classification is the classification of stars based on their spectral characteristics.

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Theta Apodis

Theta Apodis (θ Aps, θ Apodis) is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus.

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Variable star

A variable star is a star whose brightness as seen from Earth (its apparent magnitude) fluctuates.

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Variable star designation

Variable stars are designated using a variation on the Bayer designation format of an identifying label (as described below) combined with the Latin genitive of the name of the constellation in which the star lies.

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Z Apodis

Z Apodis (Z Aps) is a variable star in the constellation of Apus.

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Zeta Apodis

Zeta Apodis, Latinized from ζ Apodis, is the Bayer designation for a star in the southern constellation of Apus.

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HD 121439, HD 122862, HD 124099, HD 126209, HD 128294, HD 129899, HD 131425, HD 133981, HD 137366, HD 138289, HD 138867, HD 154556, HD 154972, HD 159558, HD 162337.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stars_in_Apus

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