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 -806→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
25262728
1 Dorado -806 2 Dorado -806 3 Dorado -806 4 Dorado -806 5 Dorado -806 6 Dorado -806 7 Dorado -806 8 Dorado -806 9 Dorado -806 10 Dorado -806 11 Dorado -806 12 Dorado -806 13 Dorado -806 14 Dorado -806 15 Dorado -806 16 Dorado -806 17 Dorado -806 18 Dorado -806 19 Dorado -806 20 Dorado -806 21 Dorado -806 22 Dorado -806 23 Dorado -806 24 Dorado -806 25 Dorado -806 26 Dorado -806 27 Dorado -806 28 Dorado -806 1 Delphinus -805 31 January 0094 1 February 0094 2 February 0094 3 February 0094 4 February 0094 5 February 0094 6 February 0094 7 February 0094 8 February 0094 9 February 0094 10 February 0094 11 February 0094 12 February 0094 13 February 0094 14 February 0094 15 February 0094 16 February 0094 17 February 0094 18 February 0094 19 February 0094 20 February 0094 21 February 0094 22 February 0094 23 February 0094 24 February 0094 25 February 0094 26 February 0094 27 February 0094 28 February 0094
MS -686466 MS -686467 MS -686468 MS -686469 MS -686470 MS -686471 MS -686472 MS -686473 MS -686474 MS -686475 MS -686476 MS -686477 MS -686478 MS -686479 MS -686480 MS -686481 MS -686482 MS -686483 MS -686484 MS -686485 MS -686486 MS -686487 MS -686488 MS -686489 MS -686490 MS -686491 MS -686492 MS -686493 MS -686438 MD -705544 MD -705543 MD -705542 MD -705541 MD -705540 MD -705539 MD -705538 MD -705537 MD -705536 MD -705535 MD -705534 MD -705533 MD -705532 MD -705531 MD -705530 MD -705529 MD -705528 MD -705527 MD -705526 MD -705525 MD -705524 MD -705523 MD -705522 MD -705521 MD -705520 MD -705519 MD -705518 MD -705517 MD -705516