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(Created page with "alt=star chart|thumb|Volans star chart (IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine, Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s. ==Etymology and History== alt=screenshot of text|thumb|de Houtman (1603) "de vlieghende Visch", the Flying Fish (Volans). screenshot of star catalogue. ===Origin of Const...") Tags: Visual edit Disambiguation links |
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===Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation=== |
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File:Dor+vol Bayer1603.jpg|Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans |
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File:Dorado+volans Dopplmayr1742.jpg|Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans |
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File:Dor+Vol+Arg Lacaille dtBeschr Goldbach.jpg|Lacaille's "Dorado" hunts Volans (1756, here repro 1799) |
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File:Dor+Vol Fortin 1776-1795.jpg|Fortin's hunt of Volans by Dorado (1776-1795) |
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File:Dor+Vol+Arg Bode1772.jpg|Bode (1782) depicts Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo. |
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File:Dorado Bode1772.jpg|Bode (1782) labels Dorado "Schwerdt-Fisch" (swordfish) |
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File:Dor+Vol+Pic Fortin1795 dor+volHi.jpg|Dorado and Volans in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795). |
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File:Dor+vol+arg Goldbach1799.jpg|Goldbach's own version of Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo (1799) |
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File:Dor goldbach1799.jpg|Goldbach's own "Dorado" is labelled "Goldfisch" (goldfish) in German (1799). |
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==Mythology== |
==Mythology== |
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Latest revision as of 18:50, 26 January 2025
One of the 88 IAU constellations. The constellation was invented by Dutch sailors in the 1590s.
Etymology and History
Origin of Constellation
Transfer and Transformation of the Constellation
Bayer (1603): Dorado hunts Volans
Doppelmayr's (1742) version of Dorado's hunt of Volans
Lacaille's "Dorado" hunts Volans (1756, here repro 1799)
Fortin's hunt of Volans by Dorado (1776-1795)
Bode (1782) depicts Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo.
Bode (1782) labels Dorado "Schwerdt-Fisch" (swordfish)
Dorado and Volans in Fortin's Atlas Céleste, 3rd edition (1795).
Goldbach's own version of Dorado hunting Volans next to Argo (1799)
Goldbach's own "Dorado" is labelled "Goldfisch" (goldfish) in German (1799).
