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Constellation in the southern celestial hemisphere

Volans is a constellation in the southern sky. It represents a flying fish; its name is a shortened form of its original name, Piscis Volans. Volans was one of twelve constellations created by Petrus Plancius from the observations of Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman and it first appeared on a 35 cm (14") diameter celestial globe published in 1597 (or 1598) in Amsterdam by Plancius with Jodocus Hondius. The first depiction of this constellation in a celestial atlas was in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603.

Volans is one of the 12 constellations that were introduced by the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman in the late 16th century. It was first depicted on Petrus Plancius’ globe in 1598. Plancius called the constellation Vliegendenvis (flying fish). In 1603, Johann Bayer included the constellation in his star atlas Uranometria under the name Piscis Volans, the flying fish. This was universally adopted. HD 76700 is a sunlike star some 195 light years distant that has been found to have a planet.

Volans has several deep sky objects within its borders. The Lindsay Shapley ring, also categorized as AM0644 741, is a ring galaxy located 300 million light years from Earth. Named for its discoverers, the Lindsay Shapley ring was found near the Large Magellanic Cloud in 1960. Like the Cartwheel Galaxy in Sculptor, the unusual shape of this galaxy results from a collision many millions of years ago. The blue ring, 150,000 light years in diameter, was formed when a shock wave from the collision created a ring of hot blue stars; the yellow core is an amalgamation of the progenitors' cores. NGC 2442, an intermediate spiral galaxy, is also located in this constellation, with a distance of 50 million light years from Earth. Graham's Object, aka Das Rheingold or Nibelungen Ring is a ring shaped galaxy at R. A. 6h 41.4m / Decl. 74° 19' (2000.0) in Volans