Dorado (Spanish for mahi-mahi, dolphin-fish) is a southern constellation.
Dorado
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Dorado is a small constellation in the southern hemisphere. Its name is Spanish for "dolphinfish.
Dorado
Transit Date of principal star:
29 November
Dorado was introduced by Johann Bayer in 1603 in his epoch-making star atlas, Uranometria.
Dorado
Abbreviation: Dor
Genitive: Doradûs
Translation: The Swordfish
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Dorado, the goldfish:
Created in 1603 by Johann Bayer from information gathered by European sailors. Dorado represents not the goldfish kept as pets, but a type of fish that can be found in the seas of the Southern Hemisphere.
SOUTHERN DORADO, RETICULUM, AND PICTOR
Southern Pictor, southern Dorado, and eastern Pictor sprawl from left to right across the top of the picture (northern Dorado seen along with northern Horologium, western Reticulum with Hydrus, ...
Dorado
Abbreviation: Dor English name: Goldfish (sometimes Swordfish) Coordinates see Stellar data
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Dorado's main claim to fame is that it contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a small neighbour galaxy of our own Milky Way, about 170,000 light years away; this, like the Small Magellanic Cloud in Tucana, ...
Constellations adjoining Reticulum Dorado, Horologium, Hydrus.
Constellations adjoining Dorado Caelum, Horologium, Hydrus, Mensa, Pictor, Reticulum, Volans.
Dorado (Goldfish)
No Saint given; possibly constellation of the Steel Saint Sea Cloth Ushio (Anime)
Origin of the constellation: 1603, Bayer ...
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Delphinus(dolphin), Dorado(goldfish), Draco(dragon), Equuleus(little horse), Eridanus(river),
Fornax(furnace), Gemini(twins), Grus(the crane), Hercules, Horologium(pendulum clock), ...
Dor, Dora (NASA SP-7, 1965) International Astronomical Union abbreviations for Dorado. See constellation. Dorado (NASA SP-7, 1965) (abbr Dor, Dora)
See constellation. Doran (abbr) (NASA SP-7, 1965) = Doppler ranging.
Examples include Cygnus X-1 and V404 Cygni in the constellation of Cygnus, LMC X-3 in the constellation Dorado, V616 Mon in the Monocerotis constellation, J1655-40 in Scorpius, and the closest one, V4641 Sgr in Sagittarius, ...
The larger of the two, known as the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), is located mostly in the constellation Dorado; its angular diameter measures approximately 7°.
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Image of the Tarantula nebula in the Large Magelanic Cloud in Dorado
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160,000 light-years from us, the nebula lies in the constellation Dorado; this image covers approximately 1.4 arcminutes across (68 light-years). The image is combined from data taken on October 8, 1997, and September 12, 2000 for a total of 1.
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LMC can be located in the constellation of Dorado. SMC can be located in the constellation of Tucana.
Tucana
Dorado ...
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is near the constellation Dorado, and is 163,000 light-years away.
SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD
The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is an irregular-shaped galaxy in the Local Group.
12 constellations were added around 1600 by Johann Bayer in his star atlas, Uranometria, including Dorado (the Swordfish), Musca (the Fly) and Volans (the Flying Fish).
Beta Cygni
Theta Cygni
Omega Cygni
61 Cygni
Cygnia Minor
Delphinus (Delphini) Dorado (Doradus) Draco (Draconis) ...
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is near the Dorado, and is 163,000 away. The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is near the constellation Tucana, and is under 200,000 light-years away. These two clouds are satellites of our .
Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) Satellite galaxy to our own Milky Way system, appearing to the unaided eye as a large nebulous patch situated in the constellation of Dorado. From mid-southern latitudes the LMC is circumpolar.
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is an irregular-shaped galaxy in the Local Group. The irregular shape may be the result of a disturbance, perhaps a collision of two galaxies. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is near the constellation Dorado, ...
(d) Two small irregular (or possibly barred spiral) galaxies (satellites of the Milky Way galaxy) about 50-60 kpc (LMC, in Dorado) and 60-70 kpc (SMC, in Toucana) distant, visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere.
This plane passes through the 12 so-called zodiacal, or animal-form constellations, plus often-overlooked Ophiuchus. The ecliptic's axis currently extends north to the north ecliptic pole, a point in Draco, and south to a point in Dorado we call the ...
It is located between constellations Dorado (north-east), Horologium (north-west), and Hydrus. For more information about the stars and objects in this constellation, go to Christine Kronberg's Reticulum.
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