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Sky Chart and Artist Rendering of Volans
Origin:
Volans the flying fish was composed by Johann
Bayer in 1603 and seen first in his star atlas Uranometria with
the name Pisces Volans. The flying fish were first identified by
Dutch navigator P.D. Keyser as accompanying the ship Argo Navis, the
oldest and biggest constellation in the southern sky in ancient times and
also the ship that carried Jason and Argonauts in search of the Golden
Fleece, which had not yet been dismembered into smaller constellations by
Nicolas Louis de Lacaille.
Information:
Volans is a southern constellation visible only to observers south of
30° S lat. For southern observers, Volans will be highest in the
sky around 9 pm early in March. This diminutive constellation
can be found in the vicinity of the Large Magellanic Cloud and east of the
"false cross" of Carina the Keel. |
