Constellation Volans (Flying Fish)

Properties

Volans contains some 4th mag stars and is located in the southwest corner of the constellation Carina on the line connecting Canopus and Miaplacidus. The constellation area is 141 square degrees and the center culminates around midnight on 18 January. ^{[9, 15]}

Data for constellation Volans ^[150]
IAU Name	Volans
IAU Genitive	Volantis
IAU Abbr.	Vol
English Name	Flying Fish
Season (47° N)	Not visible
Right Ascension	06^h 31^m 05^s … 09^h 04^m 23^s
Declination	-75° 29' 44" … -64° 06' 25"
Area	141 deg²
Neighbours (N↻)	Car, Pic, Dor, Men, Cha

History

The constellation was created in 1603 by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria under the original name Piscis Volansintroduced. ^[7]

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) ^[154]
HR	B	DM	HD	SAO	FK5	M*	ADS	VarID	RA	Dec	vMag	spType	dMag	Sep ["]	Remarks
HR 2505		CP-71 476	49268	256326		W			06 40 57.8	-71 46 32	6.51	K1IIICNII	3.5	10.7
HR 2531		CP-72 522	49947	256330	2522				06 43 36.8	-73 07 05	6.37	G8III
HR 2536		CP-70 560	50002	256331					06 44 56.1	-70 26 02	6.11	K3III
HR 2602	ι	CP-70 572	51557	256344	267				06 51 27.0	-70 57 48	5.40	B7IV			G:Member of the local association (Pleiades group).
HR 2662		CP-67 686	53501	249704					06 59 50.5	-67 54 58	5.17	K3III			G:61 Cyg group.
HR 2712		CP-68 591	55151	249740					07 06 14.1	-68 50 14	6.47	K0III
HR 2735	γ¹	CP-70 600	55864	256373		W	B		07 08 42.2	-70 29 50	5.69	F2V	1.9	13.6	D:Binary with HR 2736.,DYN:0.018".,VAR:Combined light with HR 2736 varies, but 2736 is probably the variable.
HR 2736	γ²	CP-70 600	55865	256374	1189	W	A	3448	07 08 44.9	-70 29 56	3.78	K0III	1.9	13.6	D:Binary with HR 2735. Combined mag. and colors, 3.63V, +0.91(B-V), +0.60(U-B), +0.48(R-I).,DYN:0.018".,VAR:3.56 - 3.62V, blend with 2735.
HR 2803	δ	CP-67 730	57623	249809	281				07 16 49.8	-67 57 26	3.98	F6II
HR 2888		CP-64 721	60150	249864	2584				07 28 51.3	-64 30 36	6.39	K5III
HR 2979		CP-73 457	62153	256428		W	A		07 35 21.7	-74 16 32	7.16 H	B9IV	0.1	1.8	D:Binary with HR 2980. Colors for combined light. Blended mag. 6.34V.
HR 2980		CP-73 457	62154	0		W	B		07 35 21.8	-74 16 32	7.26 H	B9IV	0.1	1.8	D:See HR 2979.
HR 3024	ζ	CP-72 627	63295	256438	297	W			07 41 49.2	-72 36 22	3.95	K0III	5.8	16.7
HR 3036		CP-65 806	63513	249944					07 44 43.9	-66 04 19	6.38	G6-8III
HR 3038		CP-69 770	63584	249943					07 44 13.0	-69 49 17	6.18	A0IV-V
HR 3081		CP-65 827	64484	249978	2610				07 49 41.0	-66 11 45	5.79	B9V
HR 3171		CP-72 654	66920	256463					07 59 16.1	-73 14 41	6.34	A3III
HR 3223	ε	CP-68 736	68520	250128		W			08 07 55.8	-68 37 02	4.35	B6IV	3.6	6.0	SB:14.1683d, K 66.7k/s, V0 +9.7k/s, asini 13.0. Possibly secondary spectrum.
HR 3280		CP-65 907	70514	250186					08 18 18.9	-65 36 48	5.07	K1III
HR 3301	κ¹	CP-71 677	71046	256497		W	A		08 19 49.0	-71 30 54	5.37	B9III-IV	0.3	65.0	D:CPM with HR 3302.
HR 3302	κ²	CP-71 678	71066	256499		W	B	Var?	08 20 00.7	-71 30 19	5.65	A0IVMn	0.3	65.0	D:CPM with HR 3301. C, 8.5v at 38" from B, binary.
HR 3334	η	CP-72 694	71576	256505	2653	W			08 22 04.4	-73 24 00	5.29	A0-1IV-V	6.3	42.4
HR 3346		CP-64 878	71863	250226					08 25 51.6	-64 36 03	5.97	G8-K0III
HR 3347	β	CP-65 933	71878	250228	319			4088	08 25 44.2	-66 08 13	3.77	K1III
HR 3370		CP-69 919	72337	250235					08 27 16.9	-70 05 36	5.53	A0V
HR 3417		CP-72 713	73468	256524					08 32 42.2	-73 21 24	6.12	G8III
HR 3460	θ	CP-69 946	74405	256535	2683	W			08 39 05.2	-70 23 13	5.20	A0V	5.0	45.0
HR 3491		CP-67 990	75116	250315					08 43 54.3	-68 12 42	6.32	K3III:
HR 3495		CP-65 1013	75171	250317	2691				08 44 30.0	-65 49 32	6.05	A4V
HR 3537		CP-66 927	76143	250347		W			08 50 34.8	-66 47 35	5.35	F5IV	6.6	20.
HR 3544		CP-72 747	76270	256556					08 49 50.3	-72 33 03	6.11	Am
HR 3610		CP-68 879	77887	250421					09 01 08.5	-68 41 02	5.88	M1III
HR 3615	α	CP-65 1065	78045	250422	343				09 02 26.8	-66 23 46	4.00	A2-3IVm			G:Sirius group.,S:Variously classified Am, A5III, A5V, and A2IV-Vm+A2IV-Vm.

Revised+Historic NGC/IC, Version 22/9, © Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Open Clusters
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 2348	07 03 02.7	-67 23 39	OCL			11	Cl, P, lC, 30 st ±	ESO 88-SC1
Galaxies
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 2305	06 48 37.3	-64 16 22	E2/P	12.7	11.7	2.1 × 1.5	vF, vS, R, 2 st Δ	ESO 87-44, AM 0648-641
NGC 2307	06 48 51.0	-64 20 06	SBb	12.9	12.0	1.7 × 1.6	vF, pS, vlE 90°	ESO 87-45, AM 0648-641, IRAS 06485-6416
NGC 2397	07 21 19.5	-69 00 05	Sb	12.7	11.8	2.5 × 1.2	pB, cL, cE 117°, lbM	ESO 58-30, IRAS 07214-6854
NGC 2397 A	07 21 07.9	-69 06 55	Sc	14.8	14.1	1.1 × 0.9	pB, cL, cE 117°, lbM	ESO 58-29, AM 0721-685, IRAS 07212-6901
NGC 2397 B	07 21 55.7	-68 50 45	IBm/P	15.0	14.4	0.9 × 0.5	pB, cL, cE 117°, lbM	ESO 58-31, AM 0722-684
NGC 2434	07 34 51.5	-69 17 04	E1	12.3	11.2	2.4 × 2.2	pB, S, R, pmbM, 3 st 11 n	ESO 59-5
NGC 2442	07 36 23.8	-69 31 51	SBbc	11.2	10.4	6 × 5	cL, vF, R, D neb, 40°	NGC 2443, ESO 59-8, AM 0736-692, IRAS 07367-6924, SW part
NGC 2466	07 45 15.6	-71 24 39	Sc	13.5	13.0	1.6 × 1.4	vF, S, R, lbM	ESO 59-18, IRAS 07456-7117
NGC 2601	08 25 30.4	-68 07 04	SBa	13.4	12.5	1.6 × 1.1	F, pS, R, gbM	ESO 60-5, IRAS 08251-6757
NGC 2788 A	09 02 40.0	-68 13 36	Sb	13.9	13.1	2.9 × 0.4	vF, vS, mE 105°	ESO 60-24, IRAS 09020-6801
NGC 2788 B	09 03 35.0	-67 57 59	Sb	14.5	13.7	1.5 × 0.4	vF, vS, mE 105°	ESO 60-25
IC 2202	07 27 54.9	-67 34 28	Sbc	13.7	12.9	2 × 0.7	eF, eS, R	ESO 88-16, AM 0727-672, IRAS 07278-6728

7	«Der grosse Kosmos-Himmelsführer» von Ian Ridpath und Wil Tirion; Kosmos Verlag; ISBN 3-440-05787-9
9	«Drehbare Sternkarte SIRIUS» von H. Suter-Haug; Hallwag-Verlag, Bern
15	«Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes» by David Malin and David J. Frew; Melbourne University Press 1995; ISBN 0-522-84553-3
28	«Uranometria omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata aereis laminis expressa» Johann Bayer, Augsburg, 1603; DOI:10.3931/e-rara-309
150	IAU: The Constellations, 11. Oktober 2020; iau.org/public/themes/constellations
154	Yale Bright Star Catalog, 15. Oktober 2020; tdc-www.harvard.edu/catalogs/bsc5.html
277	«Historische Deep-Sky Kataloge» von Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke; klima-luft.de/steinicke (2021-02-17)

Constellation Volans (Flying Fish)

Properties

History

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue

New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters

Strasbourg-ESO Catalogue of Galactic Planetary Nebulae

A Catalog of Parameters for Globular Clusters in the Milky Way

References