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 -618→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Volans -618 2 Volans -618 3 Volans -618 4 Volans -618 5 Volans -618 6 Volans -618 7 Volans -618 8 Volans -618 9 Volans -618 10 Volans -618 11 Volans -618 12 Volans -618 13 Volans -618 14 Volans -618 15 Volans -618 16 Volans -618 17 Volans -618 18 Volans -618 19 Volans -618 20 Volans -618 21 Volans -618 22 Volans -618 23 Volans -618 24 Volans -618 25 Volans -618 26 Volans -618 27 Volans -618 28 Volans -618 1 Pavo -617 6 February 0448 7 February 0448 8 February 0448 9 February 0448 10 February 0448 11 February 0448 12 February 0448 13 February 0448 14 February 0448 15 February 0448 16 February 0448 17 February 0448 18 February 0448 19 February 0448 20 February 0448 21 February 0448 22 February 0448 23 February 0448 24 February 0448 25 February 0448 26 February 0448 27 February 0448 28 February 0448 29 February 0448 1 March 0448 2 March 0448 3 March 0448 4 March 0448 5 March 0448 6 March 0448
MS -560659 MS -560660 MS -560661 MS -560662 MS -560663 MS -560664 MS -560665 MS -560666 MS -560667 MS -560668 MS -560669 MS -560670 MS -560671 MS -560672 MS -560673 MS -560674 MS -560675 MS -560676 MS -560677 MS -560678 MS -560679 MS -560680 MS -560681 MS -560682 MS -560683 MS -560684 MS -560685 MS -560686 MS -560631 MD -576243 MD -576242 MD -576241 MD -576240 MD -576239 MD -576238 MD -576237 MD -576236 MD -576235 MD -576234 MD -576233 MD -576232 MD -576231 MD -576230 MD -576229 MD -576228 MD -576227 MD -576226 MD -576225 MD -576224 MD -576223 MD -576222 MD -576221 MD -576220 MD -576219 MD -576218 MD -576217 MD -576216 MD -576215 MD -576214