Delta Volantis
Luminous star in the constellation Volans
title: "Delta Volantis" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["f-type-bright-giants", "volans", "bayer-objects", "durchmusterung-objects", "henry-draper-catalogue-objects", "hipparcos-objects", "bright-star-catalogue-objects"] description: "Luminous star in the constellation Volans" topic_path: "general/f-type-bright-giants" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Volantis" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Luminous star in the constellation Volans ::
| name = δ Volantis | image= | image=Volans IAU.svg | float=center | width=250 | position=right | mark=Red circle.svg | mark_width=10 | mark_link=δ Vol | x%=62.0 | y%=42.3 | caption=Location of δ Volantis | epoch = J2000.0 | constell = Volans | ra = | dec = | appmag_v = 3.97 | class = F6 II | b-v = +0.78 | u-b = +0.45 | variable = | radial_v = | prop_mo_ra = −4.43 | prop_mo_dec = +8.38 | pm_footnote = | parallax = 4.42 | p_error = 0.11 | parallax_footnote = | absmag_v = | mass = 5 | radius = 36.1 | luminosity = | gravity = 1.77 | temperature = 5,637 | metal_fe = +0.11 | rotational_velocity = | age_gyr = | names = | Simbad = del+Vol
Delta Volantis, Latinized from δ Volantis, is a solitary star in the southern constellation Volans. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +3.97, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements, is approximately 740 light years from the Solar System.
This is an F-type bright giant star with a stellar classification of F6 II. It has five times Sun's mass, an estimated radius 36 times that of the Sun, and shines with more than a thousand times the Sun's luminosity. The outer atmosphere has an effective temperature of 5,637 K, giving it a yellow hue.
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| title=del Vol -- Star | work=SIMBAD Astronomical Database | publisher=Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg | url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=delta+vol | accessdate=2016-09-04 | postscript=. }}
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