Apus - Revision history

Sushoff at 11:40, 27 February 2026

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	==Etymology and History==		==Etymology and History==
	[[File:Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 0A2A5379.jpg\|thumb\|Raggiana bird-of-paradise (''Paradisaea raggiana''). Varirata National Park, Sogeri Central Province, Papua New Guinea (CC BY JJ Harrison)]]		[[File:Raggiana Bird-of-paradise 0A2A5379.jpg\|thumb\|Raggiana bird-of-paradise (''Paradisaea raggiana''). Varirata National Park, Sogeri Central Province, Papua New Guinea (CC BY JJ Harrison)]]
	The word ‘apus’ is derived from the Greek ἄπους ‘apous’, footless, because the birds brought back by seafarers were mutilated. It refers to a type of bird that was first brought back by Magellan's expedition.<ref>Brooke-Hitching, Edward (2018). The Golden Atlas: The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps, Simon & Schuster UK</ref>		The word ‘apus’ is derived from the Greek ἄπους ‘apous’, footless, because the birds brought back by seafarers were mutilated.<ref>Hoffmann, Susanne M. Wie der Löwe an den Himmel kam. Franckh Kosmos Verlag, Stuttgart 2021</ref> It refers to a type of bird that was first brought back by Magellan's expedition.<ref>Brooke-Hitching, Edward (2018). The Golden Atlas: The Greatest Explorations, Quests and Discoveries on Maps, Simon & Schuster UK</ref>
	=== Early variants ===		=== Early variants ===
	[[File:DeHoutman ParadijsVoghel.JPG\|alt=screenshot(s) of text\|thumb\|de Houtman (1603) "de Paradijs Voghel", the Paradise Bird. screenshot of star catalogue.]]		[[File:DeHoutman ParadijsVoghel.JPG\|alt=screenshot(s) of text\|thumb\|de Houtman (1603) "de Paradijs Voghel", the Paradise Bird. screenshot of star catalogue.]]

IanRidpath: /* IAU WGSN Names */ Capitallization

2026-02-23T13:14:35Z

IAU WGSN Names: Capitallization

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	== IAU WGSN Names ==		== IAU WGSN Names ==
	In 2023, it was proposed to use the original name of the constellation (in any of its forms) as a star name for the main star. The first depiction on the Hondius/Plancius globe shows the form "Paradys-vogel". α Aps (~~alf~~ Apodis) is a red giant (K3-type) of 4.5 solar masses, so it will not go supernova but only produce a planetary nebula and end as an earth-sized diamond, a so-called white dwarf star (like our Sun).		In 2023, it was proposed to use the original name of the constellation (in any of its forms) as a star name for the main star. The first depiction on the Hondius/Plancius globe shows the form "Paradys-vogel". α Aps (Alpha Apodis) is a red giant (K3-type) of 4.5 solar masses, so it will not go supernova but only produce a planetary nebula and end as an earth-sized diamond, a so-called white dwarf star (like our Sun).

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff at 13:08, 20 January 2026

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	[[File:Apus IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Apus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]		[[File:Apus IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Apus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]
	[[File:Blaeu1603 Apus.JPG\|thumb\|Blaeu (1603), globe copied from Plancius/ Hondius (1598); [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]]]		[[File:Blaeu1603 Apus.JPG\|thumb\|Blaeu (1603), globe copied from Plancius/ Hondius (1598); [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]]]

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2025-05-15T17:18:58Z

Weblinks

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	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

	*		**Ian Ridpath's Star Tales – [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/apus.html Apus]

	== All HIP Stars within this constellation ==		== All HIP Stars within this constellation ==

Sushoff at 07:29, 15 May 2025

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	[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:European]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Modern]]		[[Category:Eurasia]] [[Category:European]] [[Category:Constellation]] [[Category:Modern]]
	[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]		[[Category:88 IAU-Constellations]]
	~~[[Category:4work]]~~

Sushoff: /* Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation */

2025-05-03T19:54:55Z

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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	[[File:Apus IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Apus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]		[[File:Apus IAU.svg\|alt=star chart\|thumb\|Apus star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)]]
			[[File:Blaeu1603 Apus.JPG\|thumb\|Blaeu (1603), globe copied from Plancius/ Hondius (1598); [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]]]
	One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. The Paradise Bird was an invention by Dutch sailors in the 1590s, the original spelling in Dutch "De Paradijs Voghel".		One of the [[:Category:88_IAU-Constellations\|88 IAU constellations]]. The Paradise Bird was an invention by Dutch sailors in the 1590s, the original spelling in Dutch "De Paradijs Voghel".

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	\|'''Paradysvogel'''		\|'''Paradysvogel'''
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			\|Blaeu
			\|globe
			\|Apus Indica
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	We suspect that Merula's description is based on a list which he received from Plancius around 1597/98 when he was still busy forming his constellations. For a few constellations, he had not yet decided which figures and names would finally be shown on his celestial globe; e.g. the constellations [[Volans]], [[Grus]] and [[Hydrus]] also were given with alternative names.		We suspect that Merula's description is based on a list which he received from Plancius around 1597/98 when he was still busy forming his constellations. For a few constellations, he had not yet decided which figures and names would finally be shown on his celestial globe; e.g. the constellations [[Volans]], [[Grus]] and [[Hydrus]] also were given with alternative names.

			Remark 3: Willem Blaeu made two globes, the first from 1602 is a copy of Plancius/ Hondius (1598) while the second, dating 1603, relies on de Houtman's data directly and, thus, presents several different views of the images and names. Blaeu's globe carries the inscription "Apus Indica" (Indian feetless bird).

	=== Species of Bird ===		=== Species of Bird ===
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	=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===		=== Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation ===
	<gallery>		<gallery>
			File:Blaeu1603 Apus.JPG\|Blaeu (1603, globe copied from Plancius/ Hondius (1598); [https://collections.rmg.co.uk/mediaLib/360/media-360270/large.jpg RMG]
	File:Plancius-apus hi.jpg\|Paradysvogel in Plancius (1598)		File:Plancius-apus hi.jpg\|Paradysvogel in Plancius (1598)
	File:Aps Bayer1603.jpg\|Apus in Bayer (1603).		File:Aps Bayer1603.jpg\|Apus in Bayer (1603).

Sushoff: /* IAU WGSN Names */

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IAU WGSN Names

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	== IAU WGSN Names ==		== IAU WGSN Names ==
	In 2023, it was proposed to use the original name of the constellation (in any of its forms) as a star name for the main star. The first depiction on the Hondius/Plancius globe shows the form "Paradys-vogel". α Aps (alf Apodis) is a red giant (K3-type) of 4.5 solar masses, so it will not go supernova but only produce a planetary nebula (like our Sun).		In 2023, it was proposed to use the original name of the constellation (in any of its forms) as a star name for the main star. The first depiction on the Hondius/Plancius globe shows the form "Paradys-vogel". α Aps (alf Apodis) is a red giant (K3-type) of 4.5 solar masses, so it will not go supernova but only produce a planetary nebula and end as an earth-sized diamond, a so-called white dwarf star (like our Sun).

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff: /* IAU WGSN Names */

2025-05-03T12:31:31Z

IAU WGSN Names

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	== IAU WGSN Names ==		== IAU WGSN Names ==
	In 2023, it was proposed to use the original name of the constellation (in any of its forms) as a star name for the main star. The first depiction on the Hondius/Plancius globe shows the form "Paradys-vogel".		In 2023, it was proposed to use the original name of the constellation (in any of its forms) as a star name for the main star. The first depiction on the Hondius/Plancius globe shows the form "Paradys-vogel". α Aps (alf Apodis) is a red giant (K3-type) of 4.5 solar masses, so it will not go supernova but only produce a planetary nebula (like our Sun).

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff at 12:24, 3 May 2025

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	'''Remark 1:''' Note that '''Plancius''' wrote the term with "y" (and with a "g" that is pronounced "kh" in Dutch) while de Houtman spelt it "ij" and with "gh" which is pronounced like English "g" (like in "girl"). The different "g"-sounds may be due to different dialects, but the "y"-"ij" shows a piece of the history of letters: In Dutch, "ij" and "y" have the same pronunciation (like English "aye"). Nowadays, only the "ij" form is used, but around 1600, both forms were used without little preference for one or the other. Rarely, in old inscriptions, the "y" can be found with two dots, resembling the historical ligature.		'''Remark 1:''' Note that '''Plancius''' wrote the term with "y" (and with a "g" that is pronounced "kh" in Dutch) while de Houtman spelt it "ij" and with "gh" which is pronounced like English "g" (like in "girl"). The different "g"-sounds may be due to different dialects, but the "y"-"ij" shows a piece of the history of letters: In Dutch, "ij" and "y" have the same pronunciation (like English "aye"). Nowadays, only the "ij" form is used, but around 1600, both forms were used without little preference for one or the other. Rarely, in old inscriptions, the "y" can be found with two dots, resembling the historical ligature.

	'''Remark 2:''' The first book of '''Merula'''<nowiki/>'s ''Cosmographiae'' was written mostly in 1597, and in a letter, dated 30 August 1600, to Marcus Welser in Augsburg, Merula claims that the first part of his work was ready to be printed. It might have influenced '''Bayer''''s work.		'''Remark 2:''' The first book of '''Merula'''<nowiki/>'s ''Cosmographiae'' was written mostly in 1597, and in a letter, dated 30 August 1600, to Marcus Welser in Augsburg, Merula claims that the first part of his work was ready to be printed. It might have influenced '''Bayer''''s work.

	We suspect that Merula's description is based on a list which he received from Plancius around 1597/98 when he was still busy forming his constellations. For a few constellations, he had not yet decided which figures and names would finally be shown on his celestial globe; e.g. the constellations [[Volans]], [[Grus]] and [[Hydrus]] also were given with alternative names.		We suspect that Merula's description is based on a list which he received from Plancius around 1597/98 when he was still busy forming his constellations. For a few constellations, he had not yet decided which figures and names would finally be shown on his celestial globe; e.g. the constellations [[Volans]], [[Grus]] and [[Hydrus]] also were given with alternative names.
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	== Mythology ==		== Mythology ==

			== IAU WGSN Names ==
			In 2023, it was proposed to use the original name of the constellation (in any of its forms) as a star name for the main star. The first depiction on the Hondius/Plancius globe shows the form "Paradys-vogel".

	== Weblinks ==		== Weblinks ==

Sushoff at 12:21, 3 May 2025

2025-05-03T12:21:55Z

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	[[File:Y-2dots compressed hi.JPEG\|thumb\|The letter "y" with two dots resembles the ligature of "ij" that is historically found in Dutch. This specific inscription is at the historical building of the Institute for Physics of the University of Jena, Germany, built in 1902 (probably unrelated to the Dutch ligature but a pun).]]		[[File:Y-2dots compressed hi.JPEG\|thumb\|The letter "y" with two dots resembles the ligature of "ij" that is historically found in Dutch. This specific inscription is at the historical building of the Institute for Physics of the University of Jena, Germany, built in 1902 (probably unrelated to the Dutch ligature but a pun).]]
	Note that Plancius wrote the term with "y" (and with a "g" that is pronounced "kh" in Dutch) while de Houtman spelt it "ij" and with "gh" which is pronounced like English "g". The different "g"-sounds may be due to different dialects, but the "y"-"ij" shows a piece of the history of letters: In Dutch, "ij" and "y" have the same pronunciation (like English "aye"). Nowadays, only the "ij" form is used, but around 1600, both forms were used without little preference for one or the other. Rarely, in old ~~incriptions~~, the "y" can be found with two dots, resembling the historical ligature.		'''Remark 1:''' Note that '''Plancius''' wrote the term with "y" (and with a "g" that is pronounced "kh" in Dutch) while de Houtman spelt it "ij" and with "gh" which is pronounced like English "g" (like in "girl"). The different "g"-sounds may be due to different dialects, but the "y"-"ij" shows a piece of the history of letters: In Dutch, "ij" and "y" have the same pronunciation (like English "aye"). Nowadays, only the "ij" form is used, but around 1600, both forms were used without little preference for one or the other. Rarely, in old inscriptions, the "y" can be found with two dots, resembling the historical ligature.

			'''Remark 2:''' The first book of '''Merula'''<nowiki/>'s ''Cosmographiae'' was written mostly in 1597, and in a letter, dated 30 August 1600, to Marcus Welser in Augsburg, Merula claims that the first part of his work was ready to be printed. It might have influenced '''Bayer''''s work.

			We suspect that Merula's description is based on a list which he received from Plancius around 1597/98 when he was still busy forming his constellations. For a few constellations, he had not yet decided which figures and names would finally be shown on his celestial globe; e.g. the constellations [[Volans]], [[Grus]] and [[Hydrus]] also were given with alternative names.

	=== Species of Bird ===		=== Species of Bird ===