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 584→
SolPhoDeiTerVenJovSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
2425262728
1 Dorado 584 2 Dorado 584 3 Dorado 584 4 Dorado 584 5 Dorado 584 6 Dorado 584 7 Dorado 584 8 Dorado 584 9 Dorado 584 10 Dorado 584 11 Dorado 584 12 Dorado 584 13 Dorado 584 14 Dorado 584 15 Dorado 584 16 Dorado 584 17 Dorado 584 18 Dorado 584 19 Dorado 584 20 Dorado 584 21 Dorado 584 22 Dorado 584 23 Dorado 584 24 Dorado 584 25 Dorado 584 26 Dorado 584 27 Dorado 584 28 Dorado 584 1 Lepus 584 21 February 2709 22 February 2709 23 February 2709 24 February 2709 25 February 2709 26 February 2709 27 February 2709 28 February 2709 1 March 2709 2 March 2709 3 March 2709 4 March 2709 5 March 2709 6 March 2709 7 March 2709 8 March 2709 9 March 2709 10 March 2709 11 March 2709 12 March 2709 13 March 2709 14 March 2709 15 March 2709 16 March 2709 17 March 2709 18 March 2709 19 March 2709 20 March 2709 21 March 2709 22 March 2709
MS 242849 MS 242850 MS 242851 MS 242852 MS 242853 MS 242854 MS 242855 MS 242856 MS 242857 MS 242858 MS 242859 MS 242860 MS 242861 MS 242862 MS 242863 MS 242864 MS 242865 MS 242866 MS 242867 MS 242868 MS 242869 MS 242870 MS 242871 MS 242872 MS 242873 MS 242874 MS 242875 MS 242876 MS 242877 MD 249585 MD 249586 MD 249587 MD 249588 MD 249589 MD 249590 MD 249591 MD 249592 MD 249593 MD 249594 MD 249595 MD 249596 MD 249597 MD 249598 MD 249599 MD 249600 MD 249601 MD 249602 MD 249603 MD 249604 MD 249605 MD 249606 MD 249607 MD 249608 MD 249609 MD 249610 MD 249611 MD 249612 MD 249613 MD 249614