Constelaciones

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Apus, Octans

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Nombres:

Latín: Apus (Aps), Octans (Oct)
Inglés: Bird of Paradise, Octant Castellano: Ave del Paraíso, Octante
Alemán: Paradiesvogel, Oktant Francés: Oiseau de Paradis, Octant
In the southern hemisphere the constellations of Apus and Octans can be seen best around June to September. However, since they are close to the southern celestial pole both constellations are circumpolar for the most southern observing locations and therefore observable all through the year. The declination of the constellation borders ranges from -67o to -90o (the pole).

Apus is a distinct but small constellation to spot in the sky and can be seen on the right hand side of the photo. Octans on the other side is harder to find (see lines). Both constellations consist of quite faint stars. The brightest star of Apus shines at visual 3.8 mag and Octans' brightest star at 3.7 mag.

The southern celstial pole, the point in the sky the earths axis is pointing at, is located in Octans and labeled in the above photo with marks. The southern stars apparently rotate around this point in the sky during one day. Unfortunately there is no bright star like the Pole Star at the northern celestial pole.

Apus and Octans itself do not contain bright deep sky objects for observers. However, the milky way is quite close (in the image on the right hand side) and a few interesting objects are in the neighboring constellations. The Small Magellanic Cloud in Tucan is the most prominent and easy to observe target in the above shown field.

© todas las fotografías han sido obtenidas por Till Credner y Sven Kohle