Volans

Volans
Constellation
Volans
AbbreviationVol
GenitiveVolantis
Pronunciation/ˈvlænz/,
genitive /vɒˈlæntɪs/
Symbolismthe Flying Fish
Right ascension06h 31m 04.9703s09h 04m 22.7345s[1]
Declination−64.1070251°–−75.4954681°[1]
QuadrantSQ2
Area141 sq. deg. (76th)
Main stars6
Bayer/Flamsteed
stars
12
Stars with planets2
Stars brighter than 3.00m0
Stars within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly)1
Brightest starγ2 Vol (3.62m)
Messier objects0
Meteor showers0
Bordering
constellations
Carina
Pictor
Dorado
Mensa
Chamaeleon
Visible at latitudes between +15° and −90°.
Best visible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) during the month of March.

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 Plancius with Jodocus Hondius. The first depiction of this constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.[2]