Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Apus

Apus the Birds of ParadiseAPUS the Bird of Paradise is another dim constellation, with the brightest star being α Apodis, which has a dim magnitude of only 3.85. Hence the name, it was named after the exotic Bird of Paradise; the constellation was named in the 17th century. There is a globular cluster, NGC 6101. Now you know the basics about the constellation Apus!

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Blog Background

The background has three Hubble Space Telescope images:

— LH 95 is a star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, Dorado constellation.

— Ant Nebula (also called Menzel 3) is an aptly-named planetary nebula located in the constellation Norma.

— Egg Nebula (also called CL 2688) is a protoplanetary nebula in the constellation Cygnus.