Volans
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Volans is a small southern sky constellation representing a flying fish, located near the Large Magellanic Cloud.
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
constellation
ⓘ
southern sky constellation ⓘ |
| abbreviation | Vol ⓘ |
| areaSquareDegrees | 141 ⓘ |
| belongsTo | Bayer constellations NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestViewingMonth | March ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Carina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Chamaeleon NERFINISHED ⓘ Dorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Mensa NERFINISHED ⓘ Pictor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| brightestStarApparentMagnitude | 3.77 ⓘ |
| contains |
Beta Volantis
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Delta Volantis NERFINISHED ⓘ Epsilon Volantis NERFINISHED ⓘ Gamma Volantis NERFINISHED ⓘ HD 76700 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2395 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2396 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2397 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2434 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2438 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2439 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2442 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2445 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2446 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2527 NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeta Volantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declinationRange | approximately −64° to −75° ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInAtlas | Uranometria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInAtlasBy | Johann Bayer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedInAtlasYear | 1603 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedOnGlobeBy | Petrus Plancius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublishedOnGlobeYear |
1597
ⓘ
1598 ⓘ |
| genitiveForm | Volantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBrightestStar | Beta Volantis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hemisphereVisibility | best visible from southern latitudes ⓘ |
| iauDesignation | Volans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| iauQuadrant | SQ2 ⓘ |
| introducedBy | Petrus Plancius NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| introducedInCentury | 16th century ⓘ |
| locatedIn | southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | flying fish ⓘ |
| near | Large Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalName | Piscis Volans NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | modern 88 constellations recognized by the IAU ⓘ |
| rankByArea | 76 ⓘ |
| represents | flying fish ⓘ |
| rightAscensionRange | approximately 06h 40m to 09h 30m ⓘ |
| visibleBetweenLatitudes | +15° to −90° ⓘ |
| zodiacal | no ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Carina
subject surface form:
Dorado