Volans
the Flying Fish - Southern Hemisphere
Volans
is on the borders or Carina the Keel part of Argo Navis. Volans is
not associated with any myths. It was one of the constellations
created by the Dutch astronomer and cartographer Petrus Plancius in
the late 16th century that first appeared depicted in a star atlas in
1603, in Johann Bayer’s Uranometria.
The constellation was originally named Piscis Volans, the flying
fish, by Plancius, but the name was eventually shortened to Volans.
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Beta
is the brightest star at magnitude 3.7 its a K2 ornage giant with a
temperature of 4,500’ C and is 107 light years away.
Alpha
magnitude 4.0 and is an A3 class star with a temperature of 8,000’C
and is 125 light years away.
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