Its story
The Aps has a visual magnitude of about 3.05: under a reasonably dark sky it is typically reachable with the unaided eye.
Equatorial coordinates for The Aps: right ascension 14h 5m 19s, declination −76° 47′ 49″ (J2000), in the region of the Apus constellation (IAU figure Aps).
The Aps. It appears in classical and modern catalogs as HIP 68815, HD 122250, Gaia DR3 5786929090848333568. In the SkyKeepsake Apus (Aps) browse hub it sits with other stars of the same IAU figure.
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Compose this starFactsHIP 68815
- Right ascension
- 14h 05m 19s
- Declination
- −76° 47′ 49″
- Magnitude
- 3.05
- Distance
- ≈ 389 ly
Data: gaia-dr3