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 40→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
262728
1 Volans 40 2 Volans 40 3 Volans 40 4 Volans 40 5 Volans 40 6 Volans 40 7 Volans 40 8 Volans 40 9 Volans 40 10 Volans 40 11 Volans 40 12 Volans 40 13 Volans 40 14 Volans 40 15 Volans 40 16 Volans 40 17 Volans 40 18 Volans 40 19 Volans 40 20 Volans 40 21 Volans 40 22 Volans 40 23 Volans 40 24 Volans 40 25 Volans 40 26 Volans 40 27 Volans 40 28 Volans 40 1 Lynx 40 22 December 1685 23 December 1685 24 December 1685 25 December 1685 26 December 1685 27 December 1685 28 December 1685 29 December 1685 30 December 1685 31 December 1685 1 January 1686 2 January 1686 3 January 1686 4 January 1686 5 January 1686 6 January 1686 7 January 1686 8 January 1686 9 January 1686 10 January 1686 11 January 1686 12 January 1686 13 January 1686 14 January 1686 15 January 1686 16 January 1686 17 January 1686 18 January 1686 19 January 1686 20 January 1686
MS -120754 MS -120753 MS -120752 MS -120751 MS -120750 MS -120749 MS -120748 MS -120747 MS -120746 MS -120745 MS -120744 MS -120743 MS -120742 MS -120741 MS -120740 MS -120739 MS -120738 MS -120737 MS -120736 MS -120735 MS -120734 MS -120733 MS -120732 MS -120731 MS -120730 MS -120729 MS -120728 MS -120727 MS -120726 MD -124118 MD -124117 MD -124116 MD -124115 MD -124114 MD -124113 MD -124112 MD -124111 MD -124110 MD -124109 MD -124108 MD -124107 MD -124106 MD -124105 MD -124104 MD -124103 MD -124102 MD -124101 MD -124100 MD -124099 MD -124098 MD -124097 MD -124096 MD -124095 MD -124094 MD -124093 MD -124092 MD -124091 MD -124090 MD -124089