IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg)
Dorado
The Goldfish, The Dolphinfish
OriginKeyser/de Houtman
AbbreviationDor
GenitiveDoradus
Pronunciation/dəˈreɪdoʊ/ genitive /dəˈreɪdəs/
duh-RAH-do
LocationSouthern Hemisphere
Primary Starα Doradus
Right Ascention 4h 34m Declination -55° 03'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.131 h (7.9 min)
Dorado, “The Goldfish” refers to the dolphinfish, a colorful fish also know as Mahi-Mahi. It was created by Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon and Frederick de Houtman. These fish were seen chasing flying fish, so Dorado was placed in the sky in pursuit of the constellation Volans, “The Flying Fish.”
www.underthesky.com
Dorado as depicted by Andreas Cellarius in his Harmonia Macrocosmica. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←Dorado -466→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Dorado -466 2 Dorado -466 3 Dorado -466 4 Dorado -466 5 Dorado -466 6 Dorado -466 7 Dorado -466 8 Dorado -466 9 Dorado -466 10 Dorado -466 11 Dorado -466 12 Dorado -466 13 Dorado -466 14 Dorado -466 15 Dorado -466 16 Dorado -466 17 Dorado -466 18 Dorado -466 19 Dorado -466 20 Dorado -466 21 Dorado -466 22 Dorado -466 23 Dorado -466 24 Dorado -466 25 Dorado -466 26 Dorado -466 27 Dorado -466 28 Dorado -466 1 Delphinus -465 5 October 0733 6 October 0733 7 October 0733 8 October 0733 9 October 0733 10 October 0733 11 October 0733 12 October 0733 13 October 0733 14 October 0733 15 October 0733 16 October 0733 17 October 0733 18 October 0733 19 October 0733 20 October 0733 21 October 0733 22 October 0733 23 October 0733 24 October 0733 25 October 0733 26 October 0733 27 October 0733 28 October 0733 29 October 0733 30 October 0733 31 October 0733 1 November 0733 2 November 0733 3 November 0733
MS -459144 MS -459145 MS -459146 MS -459147 MS -459148 MS -459149 MS -459150 MS -459151 MS -459152 MS -459153 MS -459154 MS -459155 MS -459156 MS -459157 MS -459158 MS -459159 MS -459160 MS -459161 MS -459162 MS -459163 MS -459164 MS -459165 MS -459166 MS -459167 MS -459168 MS -459169 MS -459170 MS -459171 MS -459116 MD -471908 MD -471907 MD -471906 MD -471905 MD -471904 MD -471903 MD -471902 MD -471901 MD -471900 MD -471899 MD -471898 MD -471897 MD -471896 MD -471895 MD -471894 MD -471893 MD -471892 MD -471891 MD -471890 MD -471889 MD -471888 MD -471887 MD -471886 MD -471885 MD -471884 MD -471883 MD -471882 MD -471881 MD -471880 MD -471879