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 -584→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Volans -584 2 Volans -584 3 Volans -584 4 Volans -584 5 Volans -584 6 Volans -584 7 Volans -584 8 Volans -584 9 Volans -584 10 Volans -584 11 Volans -584 12 Volans -584 13 Volans -584 14 Volans -584 15 Volans -584 16 Volans -584 17 Volans -584 18 Volans -584 19 Volans -584 20 Volans -584 21 Volans -584 22 Volans -584 23 Volans -584 24 Volans -584 25 Volans -584 26 Volans -584 27 Volans -584 28 Volans -584 1 Pavo -583 25 January 0512 26 January 0512 27 January 0512 28 January 0512 29 January 0512 30 January 0512 31 January 0512 1 February 0512 2 February 0512 3 February 0512 4 February 0512 5 February 0512 6 February 0512 7 February 0512 8 February 0512 9 February 0512 10 February 0512 11 February 0512 12 February 0512 13 February 0512 14 February 0512 15 February 0512 16 February 0512 17 February 0512 18 February 0512 19 February 0512 20 February 0512 21 February 0512 22 February 0512
MS -537928 MS -537929 MS -537930 MS -537931 MS -537932 MS -537933 MS -537934 MS -537935 MS -537936 MS -537937 MS -537938 MS -537939 MS -537940 MS -537941 MS -537942 MS -537943 MS -537944 MS -537945 MS -537946 MS -537947 MS -537948 MS -537949 MS -537950 MS -537951 MS -537952 MS -537953 MS -537954 MS -537955 MS -537900 MD -552880 MD -552879 MD -552878 MD -552877 MD -552876 MD -552875 MD -552874 MD -552873 MD -552872 MD -552871 MD -552870 MD -552869 MD -552868 MD -552867 MD -552866 MD -552865 MD -552864 MD -552863 MD -552862 MD -552861 MD -552860 MD -552859 MD -552858 MD -552857 MD -552856 MD -552855 MD -552854 MD -552853 MD -552852