The “Bird of Paradise,” Apus


The BIRD OF PARADISE (Apus) Constellation is one of several circumpolar constellations in the southern hemisphere. It stays very close to the southern polar region. European explorers from the sixteenth century on, used Apus for navigation around the bottom of Africa.

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