Celestial Atlas
Delphinus <—     Dorado: The Dolphinfish     —> Draco
(possessive form Doradus, abbreviation Dor)
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One of twelve southern constellations mapped by Dutch explorer Frederick de Houtman and navigator Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser in 1595-97, formed into constellations by Dutch astronomer Petrus Plancius, and introduced to the world at large by Johann Bayer, in his 1603 Uranometria.


Map of Dorado
Modified version of Wikimedia Commons map by Torsten Bronger


Stars in Dorado

     Stars which have common names often have multiple names, so the common names shown (if any) cannot be considered authoritative. Right ascension and declination are given in 2000.0 coordinates.

α Dor

β Dor

γ Dor

δ Dor

ε Dor


Celestial Atlas
Delphinus <—     Dorado: The Dolphinfish     —> Draco