Volans

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5101. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Constellations And Asterisms

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(the Flying Fish; abbrev. Vol, gen. Volantis; area 141 sq. deg.) a southern constellation which lies between Mensa and Carina, and culminates at midnight in mid January. It was first shown on Petrus Plancius' celestial globe of c. 1598 as Piscis Volans, though it is usually attributed to the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (also known as Petrus Theodorus) and Frederick de Houtman, who ch...

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