| Constellation | |
List of stars in Volans |
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| Abbreviation | Vol |
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| Genitive | Volantis |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvoʊlænz/, genitive /vɒˈlæntɨs/ |
| Symbolism | the Flying Fish |
| Right ascension | 8 h |
| Declination | −70° |
| Quadrant | SQ2 |
| Area | 141 sq. deg. (76th) |
| Main stars | 6 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars |
12 |
| Stars with planets | 2 |
| Stars brighter than 3.00m | 0 |
| Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly) | 1 |
| Brightest star | β Vol (3.77m) |
| Nearest star | Gliese 293 (19.35 ly, 5.93 pc) |
| Messier objects | 0 |
| Meteor showers | 0 |
| Bordering constellations |
Carina Pictor Dorado Mensa Chamaeleon |
| Visible at latitudes between +15° and −90°. Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of March. |
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Volans is a constellation in the southern sky. It represents a flying fish; its name is a shortened form of its original name, Piscis Volans. Volans was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm diameter celestial globe published in 1597 (or 1598) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius. The first depiction of this constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.
There are two double stars within the constellation which can be observed using a small telescope, Gamma Volantis and Epsilon Volantis, along with two galaxies which may be more difficult to see clearly, NGC 2442 and NGC 2434. The magnitudes of the Gamma Volantis stars are fourth and sixth, and of Epsilon Volantis fourth and eighth.[1][2]
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