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===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation===
 
<gallery>
File:Dor+vol Bayer1603.jpg|Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans
File:Dorado+volans Dopplmayr1742.jpg|Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans
File:Dor+Vol+Arg Lacaille dtBeschr Goldbach.jpg|Lacaille's "Dorado" hunts Volans (1756, here repro 1799)
File:Dor+Vol Fortin 1776-1795.jpg|Fortin's hunt of Volans by Dorado (1776-1795)
File:Dor+Vol+Arg Bode1772.jpg|Bode (1782) depicts Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo.
File:Dorado Bode1772.jpg|Bode (1782) labels Dorado "Schwerdt-Fisch" (swordfish)
File:Dor+Vol+Pic Fortin1795 dor+volHi.jpg|Dorado and Volans in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
File:Dor+vol+arg Goldbach1799.jpg|Goldbach's own version of Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo (1799)
File:Dor goldbach1799.jpg|Goldbach's own "Dorado" is labelled "Goldfisch" (goldfish) in German (1799).
</gallery>
==Mythology==
==Mythology==


Revision as of 18:50, 26 January 2025

star chart
Volans star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg).

One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.

Etymology and History

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de Houtman (1603) "de vlieghende Visch", the Flying Fish (Volans). screenshot of star catalogue.

Origin of Constellation

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

  • Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans
    Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans
  • Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans
    Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans
  • Lacaille's "Dorado" hunts Volans (1756, here repro 1799)
    Lacaille's "Dorado" hunts Volans (1756, here repro 1799)
  • Fortin's hunt of Volans by Dorado (1776-1795)
    Fortin's hunt of Volans by Dorado (1776-1795)
  • Bode (1782) depicts Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo.
    Bode (1782) depicts Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo.
  • Bode (1782) labels Dorado "Schwerdt-Fisch" (swordfish)
    Bode (1782) labels Dorado "Schwerdt-Fisch" (swordfish)
  • Dorado and Volans in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
    Dorado and Volans in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
  • Goldbach's own version of Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo (1799)
    Goldbach's own version of Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo (1799)
  • Goldbach's own "Dorado" is labelled "Goldfisch" (goldfish) in German (1799).
    Goldbach's own "Dorado" is labelled "Goldfisch" (goldfish) in German (1799).

Mythology

References

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