Volans
Origin
Volans is a constellation in the southern sky that represents a flying fish, its name a shortened form of its original name, Piscis Volans.
Bright Stars
There are two double stars within the constellation which can be observed using a small telescope, Gamma Volantis and Epsilon Volantis. This constellation is very hard to make out with the naked eye.
Photo of the constellation Volans produced by NOIRLab in collaboration with Eckhard Slawik, a German astrophotographer.
The annotations are from a standardized set of 88 western IAU constellations and stick figures from Sky & Telescope. Please find here a non-annotated version of the image.
Credit: E. Slawik/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/M. Zamani
Latin name
Volan
Genitive forms
Volantis
English name
The Flying Fish
Pronunciation
VO-lans
Abbreviation
Vol
