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 781→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Volans 781 2 Volans 781 3 Volans 781 4 Volans 781 5 Volans 781 6 Volans 781 7 Volans 781 8 Volans 781 9 Volans 781 10 Volans 781 11 Volans 781 12 Volans 781 13 Volans 781 14 Volans 781 15 Volans 781 16 Volans 781 17 Volans 781 18 Volans 781 19 Volans 781 20 Volans 781 21 Volans 781 22 Volans 781 23 Volans 781 24 Volans 781 25 Volans 781 26 Volans 781 27 Volans 781 28 Volans 781 1 Lynx 781 1 February 3080 2 February 3080 3 February 3080 4 February 3080 5 February 3080 6 February 3080 7 February 3080 8 February 3080 9 February 3080 10 February 3080 11 February 3080 12 February 3080 13 February 3080 14 February 3080 15 February 3080 16 February 3080 17 February 3080 18 February 3080 19 February 3080 20 February 3080 21 February 3080 22 February 3080 23 February 3080 24 February 3080 25 February 3080 26 February 3080 27 February 3080 28 February 3080 29 February 3080
MS 374672 MS 374673 MS 374674 MS 374675 MS 374676 MS 374677 MS 374678 MS 374679 MS 374680 MS 374681 MS 374682 MS 374683 MS 374684 MS 374685 MS 374686 MS 374687 MS 374688 MS 374689 MS 374690 MS 374691 MS 374692 MS 374693 MS 374694 MS 374695 MS 374696 MS 374697 MS 374698 MS 374699 MS 374700 MD 385070 MD 385071 MD 385072 MD 385073 MD 385074 MD 385075 MD 385076 MD 385077 MD 385078 MD 385079 MD 385080 MD 385081 MD 385082 MD 385083 MD 385084 MD 385085 MD 385086 MD 385087 MD 385088 MD 385089 MD 385090 MD 385091 MD 385092 MD 385093 MD 385094 MD 385095 MD 385096 MD 385097 MD 385098