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Volans (Flying Fish, Piscis Volans, Vol)
subject			fact

Volans	is a part of celestial sphere
	has historical image
	has genitive Volantis
	has boundary
	has synonym Flying Fish
	has synonym Piscis Volans
	has historical origin sailors in the south seas said they had seen schools of flying fish
	has acronym Vol
	is an instance of constellation named by Bayer
constellation named by Bayer	is named by Johann Bayer
constellation	is a part of celestial sphere
	has component asterism
	has purpose to divide the celestial sphere into small visually recognizable star classification regions
equatorial sky area	is defined using equatorial coordinates
quantity	has unit
number	has value

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