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 -54→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Dorado -54 2 Dorado -54 3 Dorado -54 4 Dorado -54 5 Dorado -54 6 Dorado -54 7 Dorado -54 8 Dorado -54 9 Dorado -54 10 Dorado -54 11 Dorado -54 12 Dorado -54 13 Dorado -54 14 Dorado -54 15 Dorado -54 16 Dorado -54 17 Dorado -54 18 Dorado -54 19 Dorado -54 20 Dorado -54 21 Dorado -54 22 Dorado -54 23 Dorado -54 24 Dorado -54 25 Dorado -54 26 Dorado -54 27 Dorado -54 28 Dorado -54 1 Delphinus -53 23 November 1508 24 November 1508 25 November 1508 26 November 1508 27 November 1508 28 November 1508 29 November 1508 30 November 1508 1 December 1508 2 December 1508 3 December 1508 4 December 1508 5 December 1508 6 December 1508 7 December 1508 8 December 1508 9 December 1508 10 December 1508 11 December 1508 12 December 1508 13 December 1508 14 December 1508 15 December 1508 16 December 1508 17 December 1508 18 December 1508 19 December 1508 20 December 1508 21 December 1508
MS -183684 MS -183685 MS -183686 MS -183687 MS -183688 MS -183689 MS -183690 MS -183691 MS -183692 MS -183693 MS -183694 MS -183695 MS -183696 MS -183697 MS -183698 MS -183699 MS -183700 MS -183701 MS -183702 MS -183703 MS -183704 MS -183705 MS -183706 MS -183707 MS -183708 MS -183709 MS -183710 MS -183711 MS -183656 MD -188796 MD -188795 MD -188794 MD -188793 MD -188792 MD -188791 MD -188790 MD -188789 MD -188788 MD -188787 MD -188786 MD -188785 MD -188784 MD -188783 MD -188782 MD -188781 MD -188780 MD -188779 MD -188778 MD -188777 MD -188776 MD -188775 MD -188774 MD -188773 MD -188772 MD -188771 MD -188770 MD -188769 MD -188768