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 80→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Volans 80 2 Volans 80 3 Volans 80 4 Volans 80 5 Volans 80 6 Volans 80 7 Volans 80 8 Volans 80 9 Volans 80 10 Volans 80 11 Volans 80 12 Volans 80 13 Volans 80 14 Volans 80 15 Volans 80 16 Volans 80 17 Volans 80 18 Volans 80 19 Volans 80 20 Volans 80 21 Volans 80 22 Volans 80 23 Volans 80 24 Volans 80 25 Volans 80 26 Volans 80 27 Volans 80 28 Volans 80 1 Lynx 80 26 March 1761 27 March 1761 28 March 1761 29 March 1761 30 March 1761 31 March 1761 1 April 1761 2 April 1761 3 April 1761 4 April 1761 5 April 1761 6 April 1761 7 April 1761 8 April 1761 9 April 1761 10 April 1761 11 April 1761 12 April 1761 13 April 1761 14 April 1761 15 April 1761 16 April 1761 17 April 1761 18 April 1761 19 April 1761 20 April 1761 21 April 1761 22 April 1761 23 April 1761
MS -94010 MS -94009 MS -94008 MS -94007 MS -94006 MS -94005 MS -94004 MS -94003 MS -94002 MS -94001 MS -94000 MS -93999 MS -93998 MS -93997 MS -93996 MS -93995 MS -93994 MS -93993 MS -93992 MS -93991 MS -93990 MS -93989 MS -93988 MS -93987 MS -93986 MS -93985 MS -93984 MS -93983 MS -93982 MD -96631 MD -96630 MD -96629 MD -96628 MD -96627 MD -96626 MD -96625 MD -96624 MD -96623 MD -96622 MD -96621 MD -96620 MD -96619 MD -96618 MD -96617 MD -96616 MD -96615 MD -96614 MD -96613 MD -96612 MD -96611 MD -96610 MD -96609 MD -96608 MD -96607 MD -96606 MD -96605 MD -96604 MD -96603