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 1254→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28
1 Volans 1254 2 Volans 1254 3 Volans 1254 4 Volans 1254 5 Volans 1254 6 Volans 1254 7 Volans 1254 8 Volans 1254 9 Volans 1254 10 Volans 1254 11 Volans 1254 12 Volans 1254 13 Volans 1254 14 Volans 1254 15 Volans 1254 16 Volans 1254 17 Volans 1254 18 Volans 1254 19 Volans 1254 20 Volans 1254 21 Volans 1254 22 Volans 1254 23 Volans 1254 24 Volans 1254 25 Volans 1254 26 Volans 1254 27 Volans 1254 28 Volans 1254 1 Lynx 1254 24 December 3969 25 December 3969 26 December 3969 27 December 3969 28 December 3969 29 December 3969 30 December 3969 31 December 3969 1 January 3970 2 January 3970 3 January 3970 4 January 3970 5 January 3970 6 January 3970 7 January 3970 8 January 3970 9 January 3970 10 January 3970 11 January 3970 12 January 3970 13 January 3970 14 January 3970 15 January 3970 16 January 3970 17 January 3970 18 January 3970 19 January 3970 20 January 3970 21 January 3970 22 January 3970
MS 690915 MS 690916 MS 690917 MS 690918 MS 690919 MS 690920 MS 690921 MS 690922 MS 690923 MS 690924 MS 690925 MS 690926 MS 690927 MS 690928 MS 690929 MS 690930 MS 690931 MS 690932 MS 690933 MS 690934 MS 690935 MS 690936 MS 690937 MS 690938 MS 690939 MS 690940 MS 690941 MS 690942 MS 690943 MD 710097 MD 710098 MD 710099 MD 710100 MD 710101 MD 710102 MD 710103 MD 710104 MD 710105 MD 710106 MD 710107 MD 710108 MD 710109 MD 710110 MD 710111 MD 710112 MD 710113 MD 710114 MD 710115 MD 710116 MD 710117 MD 710118 MD 710119 MD 710120 MD 710121 MD 710122 MD 710123 MD 710124 MD 710125 MD 710126