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 165→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Volans 165 2 Volans 165 3 Volans 165 4 Volans 165 5 Volans 165 6 Volans 165 7 Volans 165 8 Volans 165 9 Volans 165 10 Volans 165 11 Volans 165 12 Volans 165 13 Volans 165 14 Volans 165 15 Volans 165 16 Volans 165 17 Volans 165 18 Volans 165 19 Volans 165 20 Volans 165 21 Volans 165 22 Volans 165 23 Volans 165 24 Volans 165 25 Volans 165 26 Volans 165 27 Volans 165 28 Volans 165 1 Lynx 165 24 February 1921 25 February 1921 26 February 1921 27 February 1921 28 February 1921 1 March 1921 2 March 1921 3 March 1921 4 March 1921 5 March 1921 6 March 1921 7 March 1921 8 March 1921 9 March 1921 10 March 1921 11 March 1921 12 March 1921 13 March 1921 14 March 1921 15 March 1921 16 March 1921 17 March 1921 18 March 1921 19 March 1921 20 March 1921 21 March 1921 22 March 1921 23 March 1921 24 March 1921 25 March 1921
MS -37180 MS -37179 MS -37178 MS -37177 MS -37176 MS -37175 MS -37174 MS -37173 MS -37172 MS -37171 MS -37170 MS -37169 MS -37168 MS -37167 MS -37166 MS -37165 MS -37164 MS -37163 MS -37162 MS -37161 MS -37160 MS -37159 MS -37158 MS -37157 MS -37156 MS -37155 MS -37154 MS -37153 MS -37152 MD -38223 MD -38222 MD -38221 MD -38220 MD -38219 MD -38218 MD -38217 MD -38216 MD -38215 MD -38214 MD -38213 MD -38212 MD -38211 MD -38210 MD -38209 MD -38208 MD -38207 MD -38206 MD -38205 MD -38204 MD -38203 MD -38202 MD -38201 MD -38200 MD -38199 MD -38198 MD -38197 MD -38196 MD -38195 MD -38194