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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 ...
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
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.
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 ...
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]
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 ...
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.
Alpha Volantis (Alpha Vol), Latinized from α Volantis, is a binary star [12] system located in the southern constellation Volans.It has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.00, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye.