Volans

Volans
Volans
List of stars in Volans
Abbreviation: Vol
Genitive: Volantis
Symbology: the Flying Fish
Right ascension: 8 h
Declination: −70°
Area: 141 sq. deg. (76th)
Main stars: 6
Bayer/Flamsteed stars: 10
Stars known to have planets: 1
Bright stars: none
Nearby stars: none
Brightest star: β Vol (3.77m)
Nearest star: β Vol (108 ly)
Messier objects: none
Meteor showers: none
Bordering constellations: Carina
Pictor
Dorado
Mensa
Chamaeleon
Visible at latitudes between +15° and −90°
Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of March

Volans ( Latin: flying fish or "flying thing") is a constellation of the southern sky. The constellation was one of twelve constellations first described by Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597, and it first appeared in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603. The current name of the constellation is a shortening of the original name Piscis Volans, "flying fish".

Since Volans was first described in the 17th century, there is no earlier mythology associated with it.

References

* Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (2007). Stars and Planets Guide, Collins, London. ISBN 978-0007251209. Princeton University Press, Princeton. ISBN 978-0691135564.

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The 88 modern constellations

Andromeda | Antlia | Apus | Aquarius | Aquila | Ara | Aries | Auriga | Boötes | Caelum | Camelopardalis | Cancer | Canes Venatici | Canis Major | Canis Minor | Capricornus | Carina | Cassiopeia | Centaurus | Cepheus | Cetus | Chamaeleon | Circinus | Columba | Coma Berenices | Corona Australis | Corona Borealis | Corvus | Crater | Crux | Cygnus | Delphinus | Dorado | Draco | Equuleus | Eridanus | Fornax | Gemini | Grus | Hercules | Horologium | Hydra | Hydrus | Indus | Lacerta | Leo | Leo Minor | Lepus | Libra | Lupus | Lynx | Lyra | Mensa | Microscopium | Monoceros | Musca | Norma | Octans | Ophiuchus | Orion | Pavo | Pegasus | Perseus | Phoenix | Pictor | Pisces | Piscis Austrinus | Puppis | Pyxis | Reticulum | Sagitta | Sagittarius | Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Vela | Virgo | Volans | Vulpecula

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