IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Delphinus
The Dolphin
OriginAncient
AbbreviationDel
GenitiveDelphini
Pronunciation/dɛlˈfaɪnəs/ Delfínus genitive /dɛlˈfaɪnaɪ/
del-FINE-us/del-FIN-us
LocationNorthern Hemisphere
Primary StarRotanev (β Del)
Right Ascention 20h 37m Declination +14° 35'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.593 h (35.6 min)
Delphinus, “The Dolphin” earned his place in the night sky by helping out the Greek god of the sea, Poseidon. The deity was in love with Amphitrite, a Nereid, but she was not interested. After many rebuffed attempts he decided to try a new approach. He sent out many messengers with his proposal, and it was the dolphin that convinced Amphitrite to marry the god. For that, Poseidon placed him amongst the stars.
www.underthesky.com
Delphinus as depicted by Johannes Hevelius in his Firmamentum Sobiescianum sive Uranographia (1687). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Delphinus 191→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Delphinus 191 2 Delphinus 191 3 Delphinus 191 4 Delphinus 191 5 Delphinus 191 6 Delphinus 191 7 Delphinus 191 8 Delphinus 191 9 Delphinus 191 10 Delphinus 191 11 Delphinus 191 12 Delphinus 191 13 Delphinus 191 14 Delphinus 191 15 Delphinus 191 16 Delphinus 191 17 Delphinus 191 18 Delphinus 191 19 Delphinus 191 20 Delphinus 191 21 Delphinus 191 22 Delphinus 191 23 Delphinus 191 24 Delphinus 191 25 Delphinus 191 26 Delphinus 191 27 Delphinus 191 28 Delphinus 191 1 Grus 191 2 March 1971 3 March 1971 4 March 1971 5 March 1971 6 March 1971 7 March 1971 8 March 1971 9 March 1971 10 March 1971 11 March 1971 12 March 1971 13 March 1971 14 March 1971 15 March 1971 16 March 1971 17 March 1971 18 March 1971 19 March 1971 20 March 1971 21 March 1971 22 March 1971 23 March 1971 24 March 1971 25 March 1971 26 March 1971 27 March 1971 28 March 1971 29 March 1971 30 March 1971 31 March 1971
MS -19406 MS -19405 MS -19404 MS -19403 MS -19402 MS -19401 MS -19400 MS -19399 MS -19398 MS -19397 MS -19396 MS -19395 MS -19394 MS -19393 MS -19392 MS -19391 MS -19390 MS -19389 MS -19388 MS -19387 MS -19386 MS -19385 MS -19384 MS -19383 MS -19382 MS -19381 MS -19380 MS -19379 MS -19378 MD -19955 MD -19954 MD -19953 MD -19952 MD -19951 MD -19950 MD -19949 MD -19948 MD -19947 MD -19946 MD -19945 MD -19944 MD -19943 MD -19942 MD -19941 MD -19940 MD -19939 MD -19938 MD -19937 MD -19936 MD -19935 MD -19934 MD -19933 MD -19932 MD -19931 MD -19930 MD -19929 MD -19928 MD -19927 MD -19926