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 -43→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Volans -43 2 Volans -43 3 Volans -43 4 Volans -43 5 Volans -43 6 Volans -43 7 Volans -43 8 Volans -43 9 Volans -43 10 Volans -43 11 Volans -43 12 Volans -43 13 Volans -43 14 Volans -43 15 Volans -43 16 Volans -43 17 Volans -43 18 Volans -43 19 Volans -43 20 Volans -43 21 Volans -43 22 Volans -43 23 Volans -43 24 Volans -43 25 Volans -43 26 Volans -43 27 Volans -43 28 Volans -43 1 Pavo -42 25 November 1529 26 November 1529 27 November 1529 28 November 1529 29 November 1529 30 November 1529 1 December 1529 2 December 1529 3 December 1529 4 December 1529 5 December 1529 6 December 1529 7 December 1529 8 December 1529 9 December 1529 10 December 1529 11 December 1529 12 December 1529 13 December 1529 14 December 1529 15 December 1529 16 December 1529 17 December 1529 18 December 1529 19 December 1529 20 December 1529 21 December 1529 22 December 1529 23 December 1529 24 December 1529
MS -176219 MS -176220 MS -176221 MS -176222 MS -176223 MS -176224 MS -176225 MS -176226 MS -176227 MS -176228 MS -176229 MS -176230 MS -176231 MS -176232 MS -176233 MS -176234 MS -176235 MS -176236 MS -176237 MS -176238 MS -176239 MS -176240 MS -176241 MS -176242 MS -176243 MS -176244 MS -176245 MS -176246 MS -176191 MD -181124 MD -181123 MD -181122 MD -181121 MD -181120 MD -181119 MD -181118 MD -181117 MD -181116 MD -181115 MD -181114 MD -181113 MD -181112 MD -181111 MD -181110 MD -181109 MD -181108 MD -181107 MD -181106 MD -181105 MD -181104 MD -181103 MD -181102 MD -181101 MD -181100 MD -181099 MD -181098 MD -181097 MD -181096 MD -181095