The Swordfish
Dorado
Genitive: Doradus · abbreviation Dor
Best evening month
January
Visible from
90°S to 26°N
Centre RA
5h 05m 00s
Centre Dec
−64° 00′
In your sky
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Mythology & origin
A dorado fish; it contains most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
Keyser & de Houtman · 1597–98, published by Plancius
Brightest stars
- mag 3.30
α Doradus
HIP 21281
- mag 3.76
β Doradus
HIP 26069
- mag 4.26
γ Doradus
HIP 19893
- mag 4.34
δ Doradus
HIP 27100
- mag 4.65
36 Doradus
HIP 27890
- mag 4.71
ζ Doradus
HIP 23693
- mag 4.81
θ Doradus
HIP 24372
