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Apus ( Latin for '' Bird Of Paradise '' or '' Swallow '', from Greek ''απους'', lit. "no-feet") is a faint southern Constellation , not visible to the ancient Greeks. The constellation was one of twelve constellations created by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick De Houtman between 1595 and 1597 , and it first appeared in Johann Bayer 's '' Uranometria '' of 1603 . NOTABLE AND NAMED STARS Source: The Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed., The Hipparcos Catalogue, ESA SP-1200 SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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