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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 is one of the 12 constellations that were introduced by the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser and Frederick De Houtman in the late 16th century. It was first depicted on Petrus Plancius ’ globe in 1598. Plancius called the constellation Vliegendenvis (flying fish)

Volans represents a type of tropical fish that can jump out of the water and glide through the air on wings. In early celestial maps, the flying fish was often depicted as accompanying the ship Argo Navis, and being chased by the predatory fish represented by the adjoining constellation Dorado.

Lyra is a small constellation. It is one of the 48 listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and is one of the modern 88 constellations recognized by the International Astronimical Union.

Lyra was often represented on star maps as a vulture or an carrying a lyre, and hence is sometimes referred to as Vulture Cadens or Aquila Cadens ("Falling Vulture" or "Falling Eagle")

Lyra's brightest star, is one of the brighest stars in the night sky, and forms a corner of the famed Summer Triangle Asterism.

Lacerta is a small northern constellation which appears highest in the midnight sky in the months around August.

It was introduced by the Polish astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1690, filling an area of sky between Cygnus and Andromeda which lacks any bright stars.

Lacerta represents a lizard, though it only contains one star brighter than fourth magnitude. Lacerta is considered to be a modern constellation, so there is no mythology story associated with this constellation. However, its stellar pattern was very was very visible to both Romans and Greeks in ancient times. When Havelius discovered it, people believed this constellation had something to do with the Native American culture that was present at that time. They described the California region as the "lizard sky area"