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Dorado



Abbreviation: Dor
Genitive: Doradus
Right Ascension: 5.23 hours
Declination: -63.70 degrees
  Dorado, the Swordfish, is visible from all latitudes south of 20 degrees North from November - January.

Dorado was one of the eleven constellations invented by Pieter Diksz Keyser and Fredrich Houtman, during the years 1595-1597.

  Bright Stars | Deep Sky | Other Deep Sky | Variable Stars | Double Stars
 

Best Known Stars

(Yale Bright Star Catalog)
 
Common Name
or Bayer Number 1 		RA DEC Magnitude 2
ALP DOR 4.00:33.00:59.78 -55.00:2.00:42.21 3.27
BET DOR 5.00:33.00:37.51 -62.00:29.00:23.48 3.48
GAM DOR 4.00:16.00:1.60 -51.00:29.00:11.93 4.25
DEL DOR 5.00:44.00:46.36 -65.00:44.00:7.95 4.35
ZET DOR 5.00:5.00:30.65 -57.00:28.00:21.92 4.72
THE DOR 5.00:13.00:45.43 -67.00:11.00:7.12 4.82
NU DOR 6.00:8.00:44.24 -68.00:50.00:36.40 5.06
   
 

Deep Sky Objects

(PAS Catalog)
   
 

Other Deep Sky Objects

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects less than 10.0 Mag.
 
Object R.A. Dec. Object Type 3 Mag. Uranometria Tirion
NGC 1549 04 15.8 -55 34 GALXY 09.8 420 24
NGC 1553 04 16.2 -55 46 GALXY 09.4 420 24
NGC 1566 04 20.0 -54 57 GALXY 09.7 420 24
NGC 1672 04 45.7 -59 14 GALXY 09.7 421 24
NGC 1755 04 55.0 -68 11 LMCOC 09.9 444 24
NGC 1770 04 57.0 -68 25 LMCCN 09 444 24
NGC 1814 05 03.8 -67 17 LMCCN 09 444 24
NGC 1816 05 03.8 -67 17 LMCCN 09 444 24
NGC 1820 05 03.8 -67 17 LMCOC 09 444 24
NGC 1818 05 04.2 -66 24 LMCOC 09.8 444 24
NGC 1829 05 04.7 -68 03 LMCCN 08.5 444 24
NGC 1835 05 05.2 -69 24 LMCGC 09.8 444 24
NGC 1850 05 08.5 -68 46 LMCCN 09.3 444 24
NGC 1856 05 09.4 -69 08 LMCOC 10.0 444 24
NGC 1866 05 13.5 -65 28 LMCOC 09.9 444 24
Lg Magellanic Cl 05 23.6 -69 45 GALXY 0.4 444 24
NGC 1955 05 26.1 -67 29 LMCCN 09 445 24
NGC 1962 05 26.5 -68 47 LMCCN 08.5 445 24
NGC 1965 05 26.5 -68 47 LMCCN 08.5 445 24
NGC 1966 05 26.5 -68 47 LMCCN 08.5 445 24
NGC 1970 05 26.5 -68 47 LMCCN 08.5 445 24
NGC 1968 05 27.2 -67 26 LMCCN 09 445 24
NGC 1983 05 27.5 -68 57 LMCCN 08.5 445 24
NGC 1974 05 27.9 -67 24 LMCCN 09 445 24
NGC 1978 05 28.6 -66 14 LMCGC 09.9 445 24
NGC 2004 05 30.6 -67 17 LMCOC 09.8 445 24
NGC 2011 05 32.1 -67 31 LMCCN 09.5 445 24
NGC 2014 05 32.2 -67 40 LMCCN 08.5 445 24
NGC 2070 05 38.6 -69 05 LMCCN 08.3 445 24
NGC 2074 05 39.0 -69 30 LMCCN 08.5 445 24
NGC 2100 05 42.0 -69 14 LMCCN 09.6 445 24
NGC 2157 05 57.3 -69 11 LMCOC 10.0 445 24
   
 

Variable Stars

(General Catalog of Variable Stars)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
GCVS ID R.A.
(hh mm ss.ss)		 Dec.
(deg mm ss)		 Variable Type 4 Mag. Min Mag. Max
R Dor 4.00:36.00:10.40 -62.00:10.00:32.00 SRB 6.60 4.80
WZ Dor 5.00:7.00:10.40 -63.00:27.00:45.00 SRB 0.12 5.20
XY Dor 3.00:58.00:54.90 -51.00:42.00:17.00 LB: 0.07 6.50
XZ Dor 4.00:48.00:7.90 -56.00:45.00:8.00 LB: 0.16 6.55
AB Dor 5.00:28.00:35.80 -65.00:29.00:19.00 FKCOM: 6.98 6.77
alf Dor 4.00:32.00:54.80 -55.00:8.00:52.00 ACV 3.30 3.26
bet Dor 5.00:33.00:11.30 -62.00:31.00:20.00 DCEP 4.08 3.46
gam Dor 4.00:14.00:42.90 -51.00:36.00:43.00 EW: 4.27 4.23
   
 

Double Stars

(Saguaro Astronomy Club Catalog)
  Only Objects <= 8.0 magnitude
 
Name R.A.
(hh mm.m)		 Dec.
(deg mm)		 Mag 5 Sep 6 PA 7 Tirion Uranometria
RMK 4 04 24.2 -57 04 7.1, 7.5 5.70 244 24 420
HJ 3683 04 40.3 -58 56 7.0, 7.2 3.00 92 24 421
I 276 05 27.0 -68 37 6.8, 7.0 1.30 166 24 444/ 445