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 1191→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Volans 1191 2 Volans 1191 3 Volans 1191 4 Volans 1191 5 Volans 1191 6 Volans 1191 7 Volans 1191 8 Volans 1191 9 Volans 1191 10 Volans 1191 11 Volans 1191 12 Volans 1191 13 Volans 1191 14 Volans 1191 15 Volans 1191 16 Volans 1191 17 Volans 1191 18 Volans 1191 19 Volans 1191 20 Volans 1191 21 Volans 1191 22 Volans 1191 23 Volans 1191 24 Volans 1191 25 Volans 1191 26 Volans 1191 27 Volans 1191 28 Volans 1191 1 Lynx 1191 15 June 3851 16 June 3851 17 June 3851 18 June 3851 19 June 3851 20 June 3851 21 June 3851 22 June 3851 23 June 3851 24 June 3851 25 June 3851 26 June 3851 27 June 3851 28 June 3851 29 June 3851 30 June 3851 1 July 3851 2 July 3851 3 July 3851 4 July 3851 5 July 3851 6 July 3851 7 July 3851 8 July 3851 9 July 3851 10 July 3851 11 July 3851 12 July 3851 13 July 3851 14 July 3851
MS 648794 MS 648795 MS 648796 MS 648797 MS 648798 MS 648799 MS 648800 MS 648801 MS 648802 MS 648803 MS 648804 MS 648805 MS 648806 MS 648807 MS 648808 MS 648809 MS 648810 MS 648811 MS 648812 MS 648813 MS 648814 MS 648815 MS 648816 MS 648817 MS 648818 MS 648819 MS 648820 MS 648821 MS 648822 MD 666806 MD 666807 MD 666808 MD 666809 MD 666810 MD 666811 MD 666812 MD 666813 MD 666814 MD 666815 MD 666816 MD 666817 MD 666818 MD 666819 MD 666820 MD 666821 MD 666822 MD 666823 MD 666824 MD 666825 MD 666826 MD 666827 MD 666828 MD 666829 MD 666830 MD 666831 MD 666832 MD 666833 MD 666834 MD 666835