- Volans
Infobox Constellation
name = Volans
abbreviation = Vol
genitive = Volantis
symbology = the Flying Fish
RA = 8
dec= −70
areatotal = 141
arearank = 76th
numbermainstars = 6
numberbfstars = 12
numberstarsplanets = 1
numberbrightstars = none
numbernearbystars = none
brighteststarname = β Vol
starmagnitude = 3.77
neareststarname = β Vol
stardistance = 108
numbermessierobjects = none | meteorshowers = none
bordering = Carina
Pictor
Dorado
Mensa
Chamaeleon
latmax = 15
latmin = 90
month = March
notes=Volans (pronEng|ˈvoʊlænz, _la.
flying fish "or" "flying thing") is aconstellation of the southern sky. The constellation was one of twelve constellations first described byPieter Dirkszoon Keyser andFrederick de Houtman between1595 and1597 , and it first appeared inJohann Bayer 's "Uranometria " of1603 . The current name of the constellation is a shortening of the original name "Piscis Volans", "flying fish".Since Volans was first described in the 17th century, there is no earlier mythology associated with it.
References
* Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (2007). "Stars and Planets Guide", Collins, London. ISBN 978-0007251209. Princeton University Press, Princeton. ISBN 978-0691135564.
External links
*http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Volans.html
*http://www.maa.mhn.de/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/volans.html
* [http://www.starrynightphotos.com/constellations/volans.htm Starry Night Photography : Volans Constellation]
* [http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/volans.htm Star Tales – Volans]
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