Constellation Volans (Flying Fish)

Volans
Volans: IAU Constellation Map [150]

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 centre culminates around midnight on 18 January. [9, 15]

Data for constellation Volans [150]
IAU NameVolans
IAU GenitiveVolantis
IAU Abbr.Vol
English NameFlying Fish
Culmination at local midnight15 January
Season (Latitude +46.8°)[Not visible]
Right Ascension (J2000.0)06h 31m 05s … 09h 04m 23s
Declination (J2000.0)-75° 29' 44" … -64° 06' 25"
Area141 deg2
Neighbours (N↻)Car, Pic, Dor, Men, Cha

Catalogues

Southern Constellations: Phoenix, Grus, Indus, Toucan, Hydrus, Pavo, Apus Indica, Triangulum Australe, Chameleon, Apis, Piscis Volans, Dorado
Southern Constellations: Phoenix, Grus, Indus, Toucan, Hydrus, Pavo, Apus Indica, Triangulum Australe, Chameleon, Apis, Piscis Volans, Dorado: Illustration from «Uranometria» by Johann Bayer, copper engraving by Alexander Mair, 1603 [28]

History

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

References

  • [7] Der grosse Kosmos-Himmelsführer; Ian Ridpath; Wil Tirion; Kosmos Verlag; ISBN 3-440-05787-9
  • [9] Drehbare Sternkarte SIRIUS; H. Suter-Haug; Hallwag-Verlag, Bern
  • [15] Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes; 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