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{{Infobox Constellation|
name = Volans |
abbreviation = Vol |
genitive = Volantis |
pronounce = {{IPA-en|ˈvoʊlænz|}}, genitive {{IPA|/vɒˈlæntɨs/}} |
symbolism = the [[Flying fish|Flying Fish]] |
RA = 8 |
dec= −70 |
family = [[Bayer Family|Bayer]] |
quadrant = SQ2 |
areatotal = 141 |
arearank = 76th |
numbermainstars = 6 |
numberbfstars = 12 |
numberstarsplanets = 1 |
numberbrightstars = 0 |
numbernearbystars = 1 |
brighteststarname = [[Beta Volantis|β Vol]] |
starmagnitude = 3.77 |
neareststarname = [[Gliese 293]] |
stardistancely = 19.35 |
stardistancepc = 5.93 |
numbermessierobjects = 0 |  
meteorshowers = 0 |
bordering = [[Carina (constellation)|Carina]]<br /> [[Pictor (constellation)|Pictor]]<br /> [[Dorado (constellation)|Dorado]]<br /> [[Mensa (constellation)|Mensa]]<br /> [[Chamaeleon (constellation)|Chamaeleon]] |
latmax = [[15th parallel north|15]] |
latmin = [[South Pole|90]] |
month = March |
notes=}}
[[File:Phylakopi flying fish.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Painting of a flying fish]]The [[constellation]] '''Volans''' is a group of stars in the southern sky. It is in the shape of a [[flying fish]]. The name Volans is a shortened from of its original, '''Piscis Volans'''. Volans was one of twelve constellations created by [[Petrus Plancius]]. He made these constellations from observations by [[Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser]] and [[Frederick de Houtman]]. Volans first appeared on a 35-cm diameter [[celestial globe]] published in 1597 (or 1598) in Amsterdam by Plancius with [[Jodocus Hondius]]. The first image of this constellation in a [[celestial atlas]] was in [[Johann Bayer]]'s ''[[Uranometria]]'' of 1603.

==Stars and deep sky objects==
[[File:Ngc2442 potw cropped.jpg|thumb|left|180px|Galaxy NGC 2442]]There are two [[double star]]s in the constellation which can be observed using a small [[telescope]], [[Gamma Volantis]] and [[Epsilon Volantis]]. There are also two [[galaxies]] that may be more difficult to see clearly, [[NGC 2442]] and [[NGC 2434]]. The magnitudes of the Gamma Volantis stars are fourth and sixth, and of Epsilon Volantis fourth and eighth.<ref name="?">{{cite web |title=SEDS |url=http://seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/volans.html |date=August 28, 1997 |publisher=SEDS |accessdate=2009-06-30 |archive-date=2010-12-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230100029/http://www.seds.org/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/volans.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>Ian Ridpath and Wil Tirion (2007). ''Stars and Planets Guide'', Collins, London. {{ISBN|978-0007251209}}. Princeton University Press, Princeton. {{ISBN|978-0691135564}}.</ref>

==References==
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==Other websites==
*http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Volans.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090209034648/http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Volans.html |date=2009-02-09 }}
*http://www.maa.mhn.de/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/volans.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926235517/http://www.maa.mhn.de/Maps/Stars_en/Fig/volans.html |date=2007-09-26 }}
*[http://www.starrynightphotos.com/constellations/volans.htm Starry Night Photography : Volans Constellation]
*[http://www.ianridpath.com/startales/volans.htm Star Tales – Volans]
*[http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/1003/NGC2442HST-GendlerL.jpg]

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