Volans
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Volans is a constellation in the southern hemisphere.
Volans
Transit Date of principal star:
5 February
Volans is one of those constellations introduced by Johann Bayer in his 1603 star atlas. He called it Piscis Volans; only the adjective has survived.
Volans
Abbreviation: Vol
Genitive: Volantis
Translation: The Flying Fish
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Volans, the flying fish:
A modern constellation created in 1603 by the astronomer Johann Bayer. The original name of the constellation was Piscis Volans. It is a small and inconspicuous constellation of the southern skies.
Volans
Abbreviation: Vol English name: Flying Fish Coordinates see Stellar data
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Volans, under its original name Piscis Volans, shown leaping against the side of the ship Argo in the Uranographia of Johann Bode.
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Vol, Voln (NASA SP-7, 1965) International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Volans. See constellation. Volans (NASA SP-7, 1965) (abbr Vol, Voln)
See constellation.
Though deemed "obscure" from the northern hemisphere, Volans (the Flying Fish) is one of the fainter mainstays of the southern, as it is close enough to the southern pole to be circumpolar from roughly the Tropic of Capricorn and south.
Includes Apus, Crux, Chamaeleon, Circinus, Mensa, Musca, Triangulum Australe and Volans ...
This constellation was also known as Vultur volans to the Romans, not to be confused with Vultur cadens which was the Romans' name for what is now known as Lyra.
Ursa Major(the great bear), Ursa Minor(lesser bear), Vela(sails), Virgo(the virgin), Volans(flying fish), Vulpecula(fox) ...
12 constellations were added around 1600 by Johann Bayer in his star atlas, Uranometria, including Dorado (the Swordfish), Musca (the Fly) and Volans (the Flying Fish).
The neutron star Strohmayer studied is part of a binary star system named EXO 0748-676, located in the constellation Volans, or Flying Fish, about 30,000 light-years away, visible in southern skies with a large backyard telescope.
Octans, the octant
Pavo, the peacock
Phoenix, the phoenix
Pictor, the easel
Reticulum, the net
Triangulum Australe, the southern triangle
Tucana, the toucan
Vela, the ship's sails
Volans, the flying fish ...
including Orion, Canis Major, Canis Minor, Monoceros, and Lepus), the Heavenly Waters (9 constellations, including Delphinus, Columba, Equuleus, Vela, Puppis, etc.), the Bayer Group (11 constellations, including Hydrus, Dorado, Volans, Apus,etc.), ...
| Scorpius | Sculptor | Scutum | Serpens | Sextans | Taurus | Telescopium | Triangulum | Triangulum Australe | Tucana | Ursa Major | Ursa Minor | Vela | Virgo | Volans | ...
81 Triangulum Australe (Southern Triangle)
1.82 Tucana (Toucan)
1.83 Ursa Maior (Big Bear)
1.84 Ursa Minor (Small Bear)
1.85 Vela (Sails, formerly Argo Navis)
1.86 Virgo (Virgin)
1.87 Volans (Flying Fish)
1.88 Vulpecula (Little Fox) ...
 See also: Constellation, Star, Constellations, Sky, Norma
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