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Apus

Constellation
Apus is a small constellation in the southern sky. It represents a bird-of-paradise, and its name means "without feet" in Greek because the bird-of-paradise was once wrongly believed to lack feet. Wikipedia
Name: The Bird of Paradise
Area: 206 sq. deg. (67th)
Bayer/Flamsteed stars: 12
Bordering constellations: Triangulum Australe; Circinus; Musca; Chamaeleon; Octans; Pavo; Ara
Declination: −67.4800797° to −83.1200714°
Meteor showers: 0