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 731→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
232425262728
1 Volans 731 2 Volans 731 3 Volans 731 4 Volans 731 5 Volans 731 6 Volans 731 7 Volans 731 8 Volans 731 9 Volans 731 10 Volans 731 11 Volans 731 12 Volans 731 13 Volans 731 14 Volans 731 15 Volans 731 16 Volans 731 17 Volans 731 18 Volans 731 19 Volans 731 20 Volans 731 21 Volans 731 22 Volans 731 23 Volans 731 24 Volans 731 25 Volans 731 26 Volans 731 27 Volans 731 28 Volans 731 1 Lynx 731 5 January 2986 6 January 2986 7 January 2986 8 January 2986 9 January 2986 10 January 2986 11 January 2986 12 January 2986 13 January 2986 14 January 2986 15 January 2986 16 January 2986 17 January 2986 18 January 2986 19 January 2986 20 January 2986 21 January 2986 22 January 2986 23 January 2986 24 January 2986 25 January 2986 26 January 2986 27 January 2986 28 January 2986 29 January 2986 30 January 2986 31 January 2986 1 February 2986 2 February 2986 3 February 2986
MS 341242 MS 341243 MS 341244 MS 341245 MS 341246 MS 341247 MS 341248 MS 341249 MS 341250 MS 341251 MS 341252 MS 341253 MS 341254 MS 341255 MS 341256 MS 341257 MS 341258 MS 341259 MS 341260 MS 341261 MS 341262 MS 341263 MS 341264 MS 341265 MS 341266 MS 341267 MS 341268 MS 341269 MS 341270 MD 350711 MD 350712 MD 350713 MD 350714 MD 350715 MD 350716 MD 350717 MD 350718 MD 350719 MD 350720 MD 350721 MD 350722 MD 350723 MD 350724 MD 350725 MD 350726 MD 350727 MD 350728 MD 350729 MD 350730 MD 350731 MD 350732 MD 350733 MD 350734 MD 350735 MD 350736 MD 350737 MD 350738 MD 350739 MD 350740