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 770→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Delphinus 770 2 Delphinus 770 3 Delphinus 770 4 Delphinus 770 5 Delphinus 770 6 Delphinus 770 7 Delphinus 770 8 Delphinus 770 9 Delphinus 770 10 Delphinus 770 11 Delphinus 770 12 Delphinus 770 13 Delphinus 770 14 Delphinus 770 15 Delphinus 770 16 Delphinus 770 17 Delphinus 770 18 Delphinus 770 19 Delphinus 770 20 Delphinus 770 21 Delphinus 770 22 Delphinus 770 23 Delphinus 770 24 Delphinus 770 25 Delphinus 770 26 Delphinus 770 27 Delphinus 770 28 Delphinus 770 1 Grus 770 26 June 3060 27 June 3060 28 June 3060 29 June 3060 30 June 3060 1 July 3060 2 July 3060 3 July 3060 4 July 3060 5 July 3060 6 July 3060 7 July 3060 8 July 3060 9 July 3060 10 July 3060 11 July 3060 12 July 3060 13 July 3060 14 July 3060 15 July 3060 16 July 3060 17 July 3060 18 July 3060 19 July 3060 20 July 3060 21 July 3060 22 July 3060 23 July 3060 24 July 3060 25 July 3060
MS 367707 MS 367708 MS 367709 MS 367710 MS 367711 MS 367712 MS 367713 MS 367714 MS 367715 MS 367716 MS 367717 MS 367718 MS 367719 MS 367720 MS 367721 MS 367722 MS 367723 MS 367724 MS 367725 MS 367726 MS 367727 MS 367728 MS 367729 MS 367730 MS 367731 MS 367732 MS 367733 MS 367734 MS 367735 MD 377911 MD 377912 MD 377913 MD 377914 MD 377915 MD 377916 MD 377917 MD 377918 MD 377919 MD 377920 MD 377921 MD 377922 MD 377923 MD 377924 MD 377925 MD 377926 MD 377927 MD 377928 MD 377929 MD 377930 MD 377931 MD 377932 MD 377933 MD 377934 MD 377935 MD 377936 MD 377937 MD 377938 MD 377939 MD 377940