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 39→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
1 Dorado 39 2 Dorado 39 3 Dorado 39 4 Dorado 39 5 Dorado 39 6 Dorado 39 7 Dorado 39 8 Dorado 39 9 Dorado 39 10 Dorado 39 11 Dorado 39 12 Dorado 39 13 Dorado 39 14 Dorado 39 15 Dorado 39 16 Dorado 39 17 Dorado 39 18 Dorado 39 19 Dorado 39 20 Dorado 39 21 Dorado 39 22 Dorado 39 23 Dorado 39 24 Dorado 39 25 Dorado 39 26 Dorado 39 27 Dorado 39 28 Dorado 39 1 Lepus 39 12 October 1683 13 October 1683 14 October 1683 15 October 1683 16 October 1683 17 October 1683 18 October 1683 19 October 1683 20 October 1683 21 October 1683 22 October 1683 23 October 1683 24 October 1683 25 October 1683 26 October 1683 27 October 1683 28 October 1683 29 October 1683 30 October 1683 31 October 1683 1 November 1683 2 November 1683 3 November 1683 4 November 1683 5 November 1683 6 November 1683 7 November 1683 8 November 1683 9 November 1683 10 November 1683
MS -121534 MS -121533 MS -121532 MS -121531 MS -121530 MS -121529 MS -121528 MS -121527 MS -121526 MS -121525 MS -121524 MS -121523 MS -121522 MS -121521 MS -121520 MS -121519 MS -121518 MS -121517 MS -121516 MS -121515 MS -121514 MS -121513 MS -121512 MS -121511 MS -121510 MS -121509 MS -121508 MS -121507 MS -121506 MD -124920 MD -124919 MD -124918 MD -124917 MD -124916 MD -124915 MD -124914 MD -124913 MD -124912 MD -124911 MD -124910 MD -124909 MD -124908 MD -124907 MD -124906 MD -124905 MD -124904 MD -124903 MD -124902 MD -124901 MD -124900 MD -124899 MD -124898 MD -124897 MD -124896 MD -124895 MD -124894 MD -124893 MD -124892 MD -124891