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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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Key facts
- 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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- constellation
- Official name
- Volans
- Area
- 141.4
- Shares border with
- Chamaeleon
- Image
- Constellation Volans.jpg
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- different from
- Exocoetidae
- Commons category
- Volans (constellation)
- topic's main category
- Category:Volans
- Commons gallery
- Volans
- short name
- Vol
- time of discovery or invention
- 1597-00-00
- discoverer or inventor
- Petrus Plancius
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Article · Español
Volans, el pez volador, es una constelación que sólo se puede ver, prácticamente, desde lugares localizados en el hemisferio sur terrestre (a excepción de algunos lugares en el hemisferio norte, próximos al ecuador). Esta fue una de las creaciones de los navegantes neerlandeses Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser y Frederick de Houtman entre los años 1595 y 1597. Apareció por primera vez en los mapas estelares preparados por el astrónomo alemán Johann Bayer publicados en Uranometria (1603).
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