Volans Vol
Volans is one of the 88 constellations, covering 141 square degrees of the sky (76th largest). It is highest at midnight in January and best in the evening sky in February and March.
1 of its best-known object has a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Vol |
|---|---|
| Size | 141 square degrees (76th largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 7h 48m, −70° |
| Highest at midnight | January (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: February and March) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle never rises; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 1 object |
Planetary systems
1Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| NGC 2442 (on the map) | Galaxy | 10.6 | 4.7′ |
| NGC 2434 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.3 | 2.7′ |
| NGC 2305 (on the map) | Galaxy | 11.7 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 2397 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12 | 2.5′ |
| NGC 2307 (on the map) | Galaxy | 12.1 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 2466 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.1 | 1.5′ |
| NGC 2601 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.4 | 1.7′ |
| IC 2202 (on the map) | Galaxy | 13.6 | 2.2′ |
| NGC 2788A (on the map) | Galaxy | 14 | 2.5′ |
| NGC 2788B (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.5 | 1.6′ |
| NGC 2397A (on the map) | Galaxy | 14.9 | 1.1′ |
| NGC 2397B (on the map) | Galaxy | 15 | 1.2′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits