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 374→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Delphinus 374 2 Delphinus 374 3 Delphinus 374 4 Delphinus 374 5 Delphinus 374 6 Delphinus 374 7 Delphinus 374 8 Delphinus 374 9 Delphinus 374 10 Delphinus 374 11 Delphinus 374 12 Delphinus 374 13 Delphinus 374 14 Delphinus 374 15 Delphinus 374 16 Delphinus 374 17 Delphinus 374 18 Delphinus 374 19 Delphinus 374 20 Delphinus 374 21 Delphinus 374 22 Delphinus 374 23 Delphinus 374 24 Delphinus 374 25 Delphinus 374 26 Delphinus 374 27 Delphinus 374 28 Delphinus 374 1 Grus 374 18 June 2315 19 June 2315 20 June 2315 21 June 2315 22 June 2315 23 June 2315 24 June 2315 25 June 2315 26 June 2315 27 June 2315 28 June 2315 29 June 2315 30 June 2315 1 July 2315 2 July 2315 3 July 2315 4 July 2315 5 July 2315 6 July 2315 7 July 2315 8 July 2315 9 July 2315 10 July 2315 11 July 2315 12 July 2315 13 July 2315 14 July 2315 15 July 2315 16 July 2315
MS 102946 MS 102947 MS 102948 MS 102949 MS 102950 MS 102951 MS 102952 MS 102953 MS 102954 MS 102955 MS 102956 MS 102957 MS 102958 MS 102959 MS 102960 MS 102961 MS 102962 MS 102963 MS 102964 MS 102965 MS 102966 MS 102967 MS 102968 MS 102969 MS 102970 MS 102971 MS 102972 MS 102973 MS 102974 MD 105796 MD 105797 MD 105798 MD 105799 MD 105800 MD 105801 MD 105802 MD 105803 MD 105804 MD 105805 MD 105806 MD 105807 MD 105808 MD 105809 MD 105810 MD 105811 MD 105812 MD 105813 MD 105814 MD 105815 MD 105816 MD 105817 MD 105818 MD 105819 MD 105820 MD 105821 MD 105822 MD 105823 MD 105824