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 -654→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Dorado -654 2 Dorado -654 3 Dorado -654 4 Dorado -654 5 Dorado -654 6 Dorado -654 7 Dorado -654 8 Dorado -654 9 Dorado -654 10 Dorado -654 11 Dorado -654 12 Dorado -654 13 Dorado -654 14 Dorado -654 15 Dorado -654 16 Dorado -654 17 Dorado -654 18 Dorado -654 19 Dorado -654 20 Dorado -654 21 Dorado -654 22 Dorado -654 23 Dorado -654 24 Dorado -654 25 Dorado -654 26 Dorado -654 27 Dorado -654 28 Dorado -654 1 Delphinus -653 21 January 0380 22 January 0380 23 January 0380 24 January 0380 25 January 0380 26 January 0380 27 January 0380 28 January 0380 29 January 0380 30 January 0380 31 January 0380 1 February 0380 2 February 0380 3 February 0380 4 February 0380 5 February 0380 6 February 0380 7 February 0380 8 February 0380 9 February 0380 10 February 0380 11 February 0380 12 February 0380 13 February 0380 14 February 0380 15 February 0380 16 February 0380 17 February 0380 18 February 0380 19 February 0380
MS -584840 MS -584841 MS -584842 MS -584843 MS -584844 MS -584845 MS -584846 MS -584847 MS -584848 MS -584849 MS -584850 MS -584851 MS -584852 MS -584853 MS -584854 MS -584855 MS -584856 MS -584857 MS -584858 MS -584859 MS -584860 MS -584861 MS -584862 MS -584863 MS -584864 MS -584865 MS -584866 MS -584867 MS -584812 MD -601096 MD -601095 MD -601094 MD -601093 MD -601092 MD -601091 MD -601090 MD -601089 MD -601088 MD -601087 MD -601086 MD -601085 MD -601084 MD -601083 MD -601082 MD -601081 MD -601080 MD -601079 MD -601078 MD -601077 MD -601076 MD -601075 MD -601074 MD -601073 MD -601072 MD -601071 MD -601070 MD -601069 MD -601068 MD -601067