IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Volans
The Flying Fish
OriginKeyser/de Houtman
AbbreviationVol
GenitiveVolantis
Pronunciation/ˈvoʊlænz/ genitive /vɒˈlæntɪs/
VOH-lanz
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary Starα Volantis
Right Ascention 8h 08m Declination -66° 08'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.234 h (14.0 min)
Volans, “The Flying Fish” was created by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon and Frederick de Houtman at the end of the sixteenth century. These fish were seen flying out of the water as they were being pursued by dolphinfish. Both types of fish were depicted in the southern sky, with Dorado chasing Volans.
www.underthesky.com
Volans as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1661). Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Volans -385→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Volans -385 2 Volans -385 3 Volans -385 4 Volans -385 5 Volans -385 6 Volans -385 7 Volans -385 8 Volans -385 9 Volans -385 10 Volans -385 11 Volans -385 12 Volans -385 13 Volans -385 14 Volans -385 15 Volans -385 16 Volans -385 17 Volans -385 18 Volans -385 19 Volans -385 20 Volans -385 21 Volans -385 22 Volans -385 23 Volans -385 24 Volans -385 25 Volans -385 26 Volans -385 27 Volans -385 28 Volans -385 1 Pavo -384 17 June 0886 18 June 0886 19 June 0886 20 June 0886 21 June 0886 22 June 0886 23 June 0886 24 June 0886 25 June 0886 26 June 0886 27 June 0886 28 June 0886 29 June 0886 30 June 0886 1 July 0886 2 July 0886 3 July 0886 4 July 0886 5 July 0886 6 July 0886 7 July 0886 8 July 0886 9 July 0886 10 July 0886 11 July 0886 12 July 0886 13 July 0886 14 July 0886 15 July 0886 16 July 0886
MS -404878 MS -404879 MS -404880 MS -404881 MS -404882 MS -404883 MS -404884 MS -404885 MS -404886 MS -404887 MS -404888 MS -404889 MS -404890 MS -404891 MS -404892 MS -404893 MS -404894 MS -404895 MS -404896 MS -404897 MS -404898 MS -404899 MS -404900 MS -404901 MS -404902 MS -404903 MS -404904 MS -404905 MS -404850 MD -416135 MD -416134 MD -416133 MD -416132 MD -416131 MD -416130 MD -416129 MD -416128 MD -416127 MD -416126 MD -416125 MD -416124 MD -416123 MD -416122 MD -416121 MD -416120 MD -416119 MD -416118 MD -416117 MD -416116 MD -416115 MD -416114 MD -416113 MD -416112 MD -416111 MD -416110 MD -416109 MD -416108 MD -416107 MD -416106