Volans

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

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

Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation

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

References

• References (general)
• References (ancient Greco-Roman)
• References (medieval)