Constellation Volans (Flying Fish)

Properties

Volans contains some 4th mag stars and is located in the southwest corner of the constellation Carina on the line connecting Canopus and Miaplacidus. The constellation area is 141 square degrees and the center culminates around midnight on 18 January. ^{[9, 15]}

Data for constellation Volans ^[150]
IAU Name	Volans
IAU Genitive	Volantis
IAU Abbr.	Vol
English Name	Flying Fish
Season (47° N)	Not visible
Right Ascension	06^h 31^m 05^s … 09^h 04^m 23^s
Declination	-75° 29' 44" … -64° 06' 25"
Area	141 deg²
Neighbours (N↻)	Car, Pic, Dor, Men, Cha

History

The constellation was created in 1603 by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria under the original name Piscis Volansintroduced. ^[7]

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue, 5th Revised Ed. (Hoffleit+, 1991) ^[154]
HR	B	RA [hms]	Dec [dms]	vMag	spType	dMag	Sep ["]
2602	ι	06 51 27.0	-70 57 48	5.40	B7IV
2735	γ¹	07 08 42.2	-70 29 50	5.69	F2V	1.9	13.6
2736	γ²	07 08 44.9	-70 29 56	3.78	K0III	1.9	13.6
2803	δ	07 16 49.8	-67 57 26	3.98	F6II
3024	ζ	07 41 49.2	-72 36 22	3.95	K0III	5.8	16.7
3223	ε	08 07 55.8	-68 37 02	4.35	B6IV	3.6	6.0
3301	κ¹	08 19 49.0	-71 30 54	5.37	B9III-IV	0.3	65.0
3302	κ²	08 20 00.7	-71 30 19	5.65	A0IVMn	0.3	65.0
3334	η	08 22 04.4	-73 24 00	5.29	A0-1IV-V	6.3	42.4
3347	β	08 25 44.2	-66 08 13	3.77	K1III
3460	θ	08 39 05.2	-70 23 13	5.20	A0V	5.0	45.0
3615	α	09 02 26.8	-66 23 46	4.00	A2-3IVm

Revised+Historic NGC/IC, Version 22/9, © Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke ^[277]
Open Clusters
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 2348	07 03 02.7	-67 23 39	OCL			11	Cl, P, lC, 30 st ±	ESO 88-SC1
Galaxies
Name	RA	Dec	Type	bMag	vMag	Dim	Dreyer Description	Identification, Remarks
NGC 2305	06 48 37.3	-64 16 22	E2/P	12.7	11.7	2.1 × 1.5	vF, vS, R, 2 st Δ	ESO 87-44, AM 0648-641
NGC 2307	06 48 51.0	-64 20 06	SBb	12.9	12.0	1.7 × 1.6	vF, pS, vlE 90°	ESO 87-45, AM 0648-641, IRAS 06485-6416
NGC 2397	07 21 19.5	-69 00 05	Sb	12.7	11.8	2.5 × 1.2	pB, cL, cE 117°, lbM	ESO 58-30, IRAS 07214-6854
NGC 2397 A	07 21 07.9	-69 06 55	Sc	14.8	14.1	1.1 × 0.9	pB, cL, cE 117°, lbM	ESO 58-29, AM 0721-685, IRAS 07212-6901
NGC 2397 B	07 21 55.7	-68 50 45	IBm/P	15.0	14.4	0.9 × 0.5	pB, cL, cE 117°, lbM	ESO 58-31, AM 0722-684
NGC 2434	07 34 51.5	-69 17 04	E1	12.3	11.2	2.4 × 2.2	pB, S, R, pmbM, 3 st 11 n	ESO 59-5
NGC 2442	07 36 23.8	-69 31 51	SBbc	11.2	10.4	6 × 5	cL, vF, R, D neb, 40°	NGC 2443, ESO 59-8, AM 0736-692, IRAS 07367-6924, SW part
NGC 2466	07 45 15.6	-71 24 39	Sc	13.5	13.0	1.6 × 1.4	vF, S, R, lbM	ESO 59-18, IRAS 07456-7117
NGC 2601	08 25 30.4	-68 07 04	SBa	13.4	12.5	1.6 × 1.1	F, pS, R, gbM	ESO 60-5, IRAS 08251-6757
NGC 2788 A	09 02 40.0	-68 13 36	Sb	13.9	13.1	2.9 × 0.4	vF, vS, mE 105°	ESO 60-24, IRAS 09020-6801
NGC 2788 B	09 03 35.0	-67 57 59	Sb	14.5	13.7	1.5 × 0.4	vF, vS, mE 105°	ESO 60-25
IC 2202	07 27 54.9	-67 34 28	Sbc	13.7	12.9	2 × 0.7	eF, eS, R	ESO 88-16, AM 0727-672, IRAS 07278-6728

References

7	«Der grosse Kosmos-Himmelsführer» von Ian Ridpath und Wil Tirion; Kosmos Verlag; ISBN 3-440-05787-9
9	«Drehbare Sternkarte SIRIUS» von H. Suter-Haug; Hallwag-Verlag, Bern
15	«Hartung's Astronomical Objects for Southern Telescopes» by David Malin and David J. Frew; Melbourne University Press 1995; ISBN 0-522-84553-3
150	IAU: The Constellations, 11. Oktober 2020; iau.org/public/themes/constellations
154	Yale Bright Star Catalog, 15. Oktober 2020; tdc-www.harvard.edu/catalogs/bsc5.html
277	«Historische Deep-Sky Kataloge» von Dr. Wolfgang Steinicke; klima-luft.de/steinicke (2021-02-17)

Constellation Volans (Flying Fish)

Properties

History

Catalogs

Yale Bright Star Catalogue

New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters

References