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It is now one of the 88 constellations defined by the International Astronomical Union. The constellation was also known as Vultur volans (the flying vulture) to the Romans, not to be confused with Vultur cadens which was their name for Lyra. It is often held to represent the eagle which held Zeus's/Jupiter's thunderbolts in Greco-Roman mythology.
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 ...
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
Some of the Northern Sky's former constellations were placed in the less populated regions between the traditional brighter constellations just to fill gaps. In the Southern Sky, new constellations were often created from about the 15th century by voyagers who began journeying south of the Equator. European countries like England, France, the ...
The term Al Nesr Al Tair appeared in Al Achsasi al Mouakket's catalogue, which was translated into Latin as Vultur Volans. [29] This name was applied by the Arabs to the asterism of Altair, β Aquilae and γ Aquilae and probably goes back to the ancient Babylonians and Sumerians, who called Altair "the eagle star".
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.
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Epsilon Volantis, Latinized from ε Volantis, is a quadruple star system [4] in the southern constellation Volans. This star is at the center of the constellation of Volans and connects the "wings" of the constellation. Based upon parallax measurements, is roughly 640 light years from Earth.