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volans
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Volansnoun
a small constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Dorado and Carina
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Volansnoun
A small circumpolar constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a flying fish.
Etymology: Named by Dutch explorers Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick de Houtman between 1595 and 1597. Shortened from Piscis Volans, from.
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volans
Volans is Latin word which means "flying". It is also a term used in astronomical contexts referring to a constellation in the southern sky called 'Volans' or 'The Flying Fish'.
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Volans
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 diameter celestial globe published in 1597 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.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of volans in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of volans in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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