Volans (abbr. Vol, gen. Volantis)
A small, faint constellation in the south polar region of the sky to the southwest of Carina. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars.
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Volans. © 2003 Torsten Bronger.
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Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0
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| Star |
Visual
mag. |
Abs.
mag. |
Spectral
type |
Distance
(lt-yr) |
R.A. (h m s) |
Dec. ( ° ' '' ) |
| Gamma |
3.6 |
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147 |
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| Gamma-2 |
3.78 |
0.60 |
G8III |
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07 08 42 |
-70 29 50 |
| Gamma-1 |
5.68 |
2.41 |
F2V |
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07 08 45 |
-70 29 57 |
| Beta |
3.77 |
1.17 |
K2III |
108 |
08 25 44 |
-66 08 13 |
| Zeta |
3.93 |
0.86 |
K0III |
134 |
07 41 49 |
-72 36 22 |
| Delta |
3.97 |
-2.56 |
F6II |
660 |
07 16 50 |
-67 57 27 |
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