Star profile
Delta Volans
Highly luminous starWhat is Delta Volans
Delta Volantis is a solitary luminous yellow-white giant hanging some 740 light-years away in the small southern constellation of the Flying Fish. With no known companions and no dramatic features, its restraint is its character: a steady, warm point of light, just bright enough for the naked eye, sailing alone through a corner of the sky few northern observers will ever see.
Where it is and when to see it
Delta Volans lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is April, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 56° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 22° N.
It ranks no. 4 in brightness among the 19 stars of Volans in our catalogue. To find it, start from Beta Volans, the brightest: it lies about 7° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 740 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Delta Volans
- Constellation
- Volans
- Apparent magnitude
- 3.97
- Distance
- 738.0 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 109.208° · Dec -67.957°
- Catalogue
- HIP 35228 · HD 57623
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Other stars in Volans
Volans has 19 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Beta Volans3.77
- Gamma 2 Volans3.78
- Zeta Volans3.93
- Alpha Volans4.00
- Epsilon Volans4.35
- HIP 406805.06
- HIP 336825.18
- Theta Volans5.19