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 -570→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Dorado -570 2 Dorado -570 3 Dorado -570 4 Dorado -570 5 Dorado -570 6 Dorado -570 7 Dorado -570 8 Dorado -570 9 Dorado -570 10 Dorado -570 11 Dorado -570 12 Dorado -570 13 Dorado -570 14 Dorado -570 15 Dorado -570 16 Dorado -570 17 Dorado -570 18 Dorado -570 19 Dorado -570 20 Dorado -570 21 Dorado -570 22 Dorado -570 23 Dorado -570 24 Dorado -570 25 Dorado -570 26 Dorado -570 27 Dorado -570 28 Dorado -570 2 Delphinus -569 2 February 0538 3 February 0538 4 February 0538 5 February 0538 6 February 0538 7 February 0538 8 February 0538 9 February 0538 10 February 0538 11 February 0538 12 February 0538 13 February 0538 14 February 0538 15 February 0538 16 February 0538 17 February 0538 18 February 0538 19 February 0538 20 February 0538 21 February 0538 22 February 0538 23 February 0538 24 February 0538 25 February 0538 26 February 0538 27 February 0538 28 February 0538 1 March 0538 2 March 0538 3 March 0538
MS -528679 MS -528680 MS -528681 MS -528682 MS -528683 MS -528684 MS -528685 MS -528686 MS -528687 MS -528688 MS -528689 MS -528690 MS -528691 MS -528692 MS -528693 MS -528694 MS -528695 MS -528696 MS -528697 MS -528698 MS -528699 MS -528700 MS -528701 MS -528702 MS -528703 MS -528704 MS -528705 MS -528706 MS -528651 MD -543375 MD -543374 MD -543373 MD -543372 MD -543371 MD -543370 MD -543369 MD -543368 MD -543367 MD -543366 MD -543365 MD -543364 MD -543363 MD -543362 MD -543361 MD -543360 MD -543359 MD -543358 MD -543357 MD -543356 MD -543355 MD -543354 MD -543353 MD -543352 MD -543351 MD -543350 MD -543349 MD -543348 MD -543347 MD -543346