Iota Apodis [SEP] constellation
Iota Apodis
Iota Apodis (ι Aps, ι Apodis) is the Bayer designation for a binary star system in the southern circumpolar constellation of Apus. It is a faint target at an apparent visual magnitude of 5.41, but still visible to the naked eye from suitably dark skies. The distance to this star can be roughly gauged from parallax measurements, yielding an estimate of with a 20% margin of error.
Both stars are B-type main sequence stars, which indicates they shine with a blue-white hue
consisting of ι Apodis, ζ Apodis, β Apodis, γ Apodis, δ Octantis, δ Apodis, η Apodis, α Apodis and ε Apodis. Consequently, ι Apodis itself is known as (, .)
External links.
- Image Iota Apodis