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Volans is a constellation in the southern sky.It represents a flying fish; its name is a shortened form of its original name, Piscis Volans. [2] Volans was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35-cm (14") diameter celestial globe published in 1597 (or 1598) in Amsterdam by ...
Constellation map. Pages in category "Volans" The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. ... Volans in Chinese astronomy; W. WD 0806−661; WISE ...
Aquila is a constellation on the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for 'eagle' and it represents the bird that carried Zeus/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greek-Roman mythology. Its brightest star, Altair, is one vertex of the Summer Triangle asterism. The constellation is best seen in the northern summer, as it is located along the Milky Way.
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Volans, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
Gamma Volantis, Latinized from γ Volantis, is a wide binary star [5] system in the southern constellation of Volans. Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately 133 light years from Earth. It is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye and can be found around 9° to the east-southeast of the Large Magellanic Cloud. [12]
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Beta Volantis, Latinized from β Volantis, is the brightest star of the southern constellation of Volans.It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.75, [2] which is sufficiently bright to allow it to be viewed with the naked eye.
NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans 2007 March 15; NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans 2010 March 25 - from Hubble Space Telescope data; NGC 2442: Galaxy in Volans 2017 August 17- from Hubble Space Telescope and European Southern Observatory data; NGC 2442 and NGC 2443 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images