Constellations
Volans (Vol)
The Flying Fish
Also known as flying fish.
6 looks for Volans
The constellation in a clear night sky over the hills: its lines draw themselves one on every beat, its real stars twinkle with the part of the song their colour answers, the Milky Way glows and a shooting star crosses on the big moments.
About Volans
- What it is
- One of the IAU's constellations: The Flying Fish
- IAU abbreviation
- Vol
- Its stars are named
- Volantis (as in "Alpha Volantis")
- Family
- Bayer family
- Where
- The southern sky: seen best from south of the equator
- Highest in the sky
- At about 9 pm in March
- Centre
- Right ascension 8h 03m, declination −68° 16′
- The figure
- 5 stars joined by 6 lines
- Brightest star
- γ2 Vol, magnitude 3.61
Its stars
Brightest first. A smaller magnitude is a brighter star; the visualizer sizes and colours each one by these.
- γ2 Volmag 3.61
- β Volmag 3.77
- δ Volmag 3.98
- α Volmag 4.00
- ε Volmag 4.35
Every star's place, brightness and colour is the Yale Bright Star Catalogue's; the figure is the IAU's, through d3-celestial (credited on the licences page). Constellations template · Every constellation