Volans

Also known as Piscis Volans, Volantis, Vol, The Flying Fish

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. 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 Plancius with Jodocus Hondius. The first depiction of this constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.

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Volans is a constellation in the southern sky that represents a flying fish, created in the late 1600s by astronomer Petrus Plancius based on observations from explorers in the southern hemisphere. It first appeared on a celestial globe in 1597 and gained wider recognition when it was included in the influential star atlas Uranometria in 1603, making it one of the newer constellations in the night sky.

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Constellation.name: Volans
Constellation.abbreviation: Vol
Constellation.genitive: Volantis
Constellation.pronounce: ,genitive
Constellation.symbolism: the Flying Fish
Constellation.RA: –
Constellation.dec: –
Constellation.family: Bayer
Constellation.quadrant: SQ2
Constellation.areatotal: 141
Constellation.arearank: 76th
Constellation.numbermainstars: 6
Constellation.numberbfstars: 12
Constellation.numberstarsplanets: 2
Constellation.numberbrightstars: 0
Constellation.numbernearbystars: 1
Constellation.brighteststarname: γ2 Vol
Constellation.starmagnitude: 3.62

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Official name: Volans
Area: 141.4
Image: Constellation Volans.jpg

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Commons category: Volans (constellation)
Commons gallery: Volans
short name: Vol
time of discovery or invention: 1597-00-00

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==History== thumb|Volans as Piscis Volans (middle right) along with other constellations from Johann Bayer’s [[Uranometria]] Volans is one of the 12 constellations that were introduced by the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman in the late 16th century. It was first depicted on Petrus Plancius’ globe in 1598. Plancius called the constellation Vliegendenvis (flying fish).