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 148→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Volans 148 2 Volans 148 3 Volans 148 4 Volans 148 5 Volans 148 6 Volans 148 7 Volans 148 8 Volans 148 9 Volans 148 10 Volans 148 11 Volans 148 12 Volans 148 13 Volans 148 14 Volans 148 15 Volans 148 16 Volans 148 17 Volans 148 18 Volans 148 19 Volans 148 20 Volans 148 21 Volans 148 22 Volans 148 23 Volans 148 24 Volans 148 25 Volans 148 26 Volans 148 27 Volans 148 28 Volans 148 1 Lynx 148 2 March 1889 3 March 1889 4 March 1889 5 March 1889 6 March 1889 7 March 1889 8 March 1889 9 March 1889 10 March 1889 11 March 1889 12 March 1889 13 March 1889 14 March 1889 15 March 1889 16 March 1889 17 March 1889 18 March 1889 19 March 1889 20 March 1889 21 March 1889 22 March 1889 23 March 1889 24 March 1889 25 March 1889 26 March 1889 27 March 1889 28 March 1889 29 March 1889 30 March 1889
MS -48546 MS -48545 MS -48544 MS -48543 MS -48542 MS -48541 MS -48540 MS -48539 MS -48538 MS -48537 MS -48536 MS -48535 MS -48534 MS -48533 MS -48532 MS -48531 MS -48530 MS -48529 MS -48528 MS -48527 MS -48526 MS -48525 MS -48524 MS -48523 MS -48522 MS -48521 MS -48520 MS -48519 MS -48518 MD -49904 MD -49903 MD -49902 MD -49901 MD -49900 MD -49899 MD -49898 MD -49897 MD -49896 MD -49895 MD -49894 MD -49893 MD -49892 MD -49891 MD -49890 MD -49889 MD -49888 MD -49887 MD -49886 MD -49885 MD -49884 MD -49883 MD -49882 MD -49881 MD -49880 MD -49879 MD -49878 MD -49877 MD -49876