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

Data for constellation Volans [150]
IAU NameVolans
IAU GenitiveVolantis
IAU Abbr.Vol
English NameFlying Fish
Season (47° N)Not visible
Right Ascension06h 31m 05s … 09h 04m 23s
Declination-75° 29' 44" … -64° 06' 25"
Area141 deg2
Neighbours (N↻)Car, Pic, Dor, Men, Cha
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]

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) [154]
HR B F DM HD SAO FK5 IR M* ADS VarID RA Dec vMag spType dMag Sep ["] Remarks
HR 2505CP-71 47649268256326W 06 40 57.8-71 46 326.51 K1IIICNII 3.510.7
HR 2531CP-72 522499472563302522 06 43 36.8-73 07 056.37 G8III
HR 2536CP-70 56050002256331 06 44 56.1-70 26 026.11 K3III
HR 2602ιCP-70 57251557256344267 06 51 27.0-70 57 485.40 B7IV G:Member of the local association (Pleiades group).
HR 2662CP-67 68653501249704 06 59 50.5-67 54 585.17 K3III G:61 Cyg group.
HR 2712CP-68 59155151249740 07 06 14.1-68 50 146.47 K0III
HR 2735γ1CP-70 60055864256373W B07 08 42.2-70 29 505.69 F2V 1.913.6D:Binary with HR 2736.,DYN:0.018".,VAR:Combined light with HR 2736 varies, but 2736 is probably the variable.
HR 2736γ2CP-70 600558652563741189W A3448 07 08 44.9-70 29 563.78 K0III 1.913.6D: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 2803δCP-67 73057623249809281 07 16 49.8-67 57 263.98 F6II
HR 2888CP-64 721601502498642584 07 28 51.3-64 30 366.39 K5III
HR 2979CP-73 45762153256428W A07 35 21.7-74 16 327.16 H B9IV 0.11.8D:Binary with HR 2980. Colors for combined light. Blended mag. 6.34V.
HR 2980CP-73 457621540W B07 35 21.8-74 16 327.26 H B9IV 0.11.8D:See HR 2979.
HR 3024ζCP-72 62763295256438297W 07 41 49.2-72 36 223.95 K0III 5.816.7
HR 3036CP-65 80663513249944 07 44 43.9-66 04 196.38 G6-8III
HR 3038CP-69 77063584249943 07 44 13.0-69 49 176.18 A0IV-V
HR 3081CP-65 827644842499782610 07 49 41.0-66 11 455.79 B9V
HR 3171CP-72 65466920256463 07 59 16.1-73 14 416.34 A3III
HR 3223εCP-68 73668520250128W 08 07 55.8-68 37 024.35 B6IV 3.66.0SB:14.1683d, K 66.7k/s, V0 +9.7k/s, asini 13.0. Possibly secondary spectrum.
HR 3280CP-65 90770514250186 08 18 18.9-65 36 485.07 K1III
HR 3301κ1CP-71 67771046256497W A08 19 49.0-71 30 545.37 B9III-IV 0.365.0D:CPM with HR 3302.
HR 3302κ2CP-71 67871066256499W BVar?08 20 00.7-71 30 195.65 A0IVMn 0.365.0D:CPM with HR 3301. C, 8.5v at 38" from B, binary.
HR 3334ηCP-72 694715762565052653W 08 22 04.4-73 24 005.29 A0-1IV-V 6.342.4
HR 3346CP-64 87871863250226 08 25 51.6-64 36 035.97 G8-K0III
HR 3347βCP-65 93371878250228319 4088 08 25 44.2-66 08 133.77 K1III
HR 3370CP-69 91972337250235 08 27 16.9-70 05 365.53 A0V
HR 3417CP-72 71373468256524 08 32 42.2-73 21 246.12 G8III
HR 3460θCP-69 946744052565352683W 08 39 05.2-70 23 135.20 A0V 5.045.0
HR 3491CP-67 99075116250315 08 43 54.3-68 12 426.32 K3III:
HR 3495CP-65 1013751712503172691 08 44 30.0-65 49 326.05 A4V
HR 3537CP-66 92776143250347W 08 50 34.8-66 47 355.35 F5IV 6.620.
HR 3544CP-72 74776270256556 08 49 50.3-72 33 036.11 Am
HR 3610CP-68 87977887250421 09 01 08.5-68 41 025.88 M1III
HR 3615αCP-65 106578045250422343 09 02 26.8-66 23 464.00 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
NameRADecTypebMagvMagDimDreyer DescriptionIdentification, Remarks
NGC 234807 03 02.7-67 23 39OCL11Cl, P, lC, 30 st ±ESO 88-SC1
Galaxies
NameRADecTypebMagvMagDimDreyer DescriptionIdentification, Remarks
NGC 230506 48 37.3-64 16 22E2/P12.711.72.1 × 1.5vF, vS, R, 2 st ΔESO 87-44, AM 0648-641
NGC 230706 48 51.0-64 20 06SBb12.912.01.7 × 1.6vF, pS, vlE 90°ESO 87-45, AM 0648-641, IRAS 06485-6416
NGC 239707 21 19.5-69 00 05Sb12.711.82.5 × 1.2pB, cL, cE 117°, lbMESO 58-30, IRAS 07214-6854
NGC 2397 A07 21 07.9-69 06 55Sc14.814.11.1 × 0.9pB, cL, cE 117°, lbMESO 58-29, AM 0721-685, IRAS 07212-6901
NGC 2397 B07 21 55.7-68 50 45IBm/P15.014.40.9 × 0.5pB, cL, cE 117°, lbMESO 58-31, AM 0722-684
NGC 243407 34 51.5-69 17 04E112.311.22.4 × 2.2pB, S, R, pmbM, 3 st 11 nESO 59-5
NGC 244207 36 23.8-69 31 51SBbc11.210.46 × 5cL, vF, R, D neb, 40°NGC 2443, ESO 59-8, AM 0736-692, IRAS 07367-6924, SW part
NGC 246607 45 15.6-71 24 39Sc13.513.01.6 × 1.4vF, S, R, lbMESO 59-18, IRAS 07456-7117
NGC 260108 25 30.4-68 07 04SBa13.412.51.6 × 1.1F, pS, R, gbMESO 60-5, IRAS 08251-6757
NGC 2788 A09 02 40.0-68 13 36Sb13.913.12.9 × 0.4vF, vS, mE 105°ESO 60-24, IRAS 09020-6801
NGC 2788 B09 03 35.0-67 57 59Sb14.513.71.5 × 0.4vF, vS, mE 105°ESO 60-25
IC 220207 27 54.9-67 34 28Sbc13.712.92 × 0.7eF, eS, RESO 88-16, AM 0727-672, IRAS 07278-6728

References

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
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28«Uranometria omnium asterismorum continens schemata, nova methodo delineata aereis laminis expressa» Johann Bayer, Augsburg, 1603; DOI:10.3931/e-rara-309
150IAU: The Constellations, 11. Oktober 2020; iau.org/public/themes/constellations
154Yale 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)