Dorado

Overview

Dorado (Doradus) — The Dolphinfish is one of the 88 modern constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union.

Highlights

• ★Most of the Large Magellanic Cloud
• ★The Tarantula Nebula (NGC 2070)

Notable stars

15 catalogued stars in this encyclopedia.

• Alpha Doradusmag 3.3
• Beta Doradusmag 3.76
• Gamma Doradusmag 4.26
• Delta Doradusmag 4.34
• HR 2102mag 4.65
• Zeta Doradusmag 4.71
• Theta Doradusmag 4.81
• HR 2245mag 5.01
• Nu Doradusmag 5.06
• Epsilon Doradusmag 5.1
• Lambda Doradusmag 5.14
• HR 1695mag 5.19

Deep-sky objects

• 30 Dor Cluster
• NGC 2074
• NGC 1955
• NGC 1850
• NGC 2014
• NGC 1553
• NGC 1747
• NGC 1763
• NGC 2042
• NGC 2060
• NGC 2004
• NGC 2100
• NGC 1910
• NGC 1818
• NGC 1566
• NGC 1866
• NGC 1549
• NGC 1755
• NGC 1858
• NGC 1984

Knowledge connections

• Constellation ofAlpha Doradus
• Constellation ofBeta Doradus
• Constellation ofGamma Doradus
• Constellation ofDelta Doradus
• Constellation ofHR 2102
• Constellation ofZeta Doradus
• Constellation ofTheta Doradus
• Constellation ofHR 2245
• Constellation ofNu Doradus
• Constellation ofEpsilon Doradus
• Constellation ofLambda Doradus
• Constellation ofHR 1695
• Constellation ofKappa Doradus
• Constellation ofHR 1917
• Constellation ofHR 2377
• Contains object30 Dor Cluster
• Contains objectNGC 2074
• Contains objectNGC 1955
• Contains objectNGC 1850
• Contains objectNGC 2014
• Contains objectNGC 1553
• Contains objectNGC 1747
• Contains objectNGC 1763
• Contains objectNGC 2042

Sources

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

• IAUInternational Astronomical Union

  Official naming, definitions, constellation boundaries, and astronomical nomenclature.