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Apus
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Apus [′ā·pəs]
(astronomy)
A constellation with a right ascension of 16 hours and declination of 75°S. Abbreviated Aps.
(vertebrate zoology)
A genus of birds comprising the Old World swifts.


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Running in circles around the heavenly Drawing Compass we find the open cluster NGC 5359, which keeps up the trend being situated 15' north and dangerously close to the Apus constellation border.
 
 
 
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