Alp

Its story

Alpha Apodis quietly presides over the Bird of Paradise, a constellation traced by the Dutch navigators Keyser and de Houtman on their return from the East Indies. At 447 light-years, this orange K-type giant pours its calm light over one of the least travelled corners of the southern sky. Its modest brilliance carries the slow rhythm of a star already advanced in years, midway through its passage toward the final stages of stellar life.