Dorado

E110991

Dorado is a southern sky constellation known for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud and the southern portion of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxy.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Dorado canonical 29

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation ⓘ
southern sky constellation ⓘ
areaRank 72 ⓘ
areaSquareDegrees 179 ⓘ
belongsTo Bayer constellations ⓘ
linked to: Vela constellation
bestSeenIn around January ⓘ
summer in Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
borderedBy Caelum ⓘ
Horologium ⓘ
Hydrus ⓘ
Mensa ⓘ
Pictor ⓘ
Reticulum ⓘ
Volans ⓘ
brightestStar Alpha Doradus ⓘ
contains 30 Doradus ⓘ
LMC nebulae ⓘ
LMC star clusters ⓘ
NGC 1515 ⓘ
NGC 1566 ⓘ
NGC 1672 ⓘ
NGC 1763 ⓘ
NGC 1818 ⓘ
NGC 1850 ⓘ
NGC 2004 ⓘ
NGC 2011 ⓘ
NGC 2070 ⓘ
S Doradus variable stars ⓘ
Tarantula Nebula ⓘ
southern portion of the Milky Way’s satellite galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
containsMostOf Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
containsVariableStar R Doradus ⓘ
S Doradus ⓘ
declination approximately −65 degrees ⓘ
firstPublishedBy Johann Bayer ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Uranometria ⓘ
hemisphere southern ⓘ
introducedBy Petrus Plancius ⓘ
introducedIn late 16th century ⓘ
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
nameAlsoRefersTo mahi-mahi ⓘ
nameOrigin Portuguese word for dolphinfish ⓘ
partOf modern 88 constellations recognized by the IAU ⓘ
recognizedBy International Astronomical Union ⓘ
rightAscension approximately 5 hours ⓘ
secondBrightestStar Beta Doradus ⓘ
symbolizes dolphinfish ⓘ
visibleIn Southern Hemisphere ⓘ
low northern latitudes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LMC → locatedInConstellation → Dorado ⓘ
SN 1987A → constellation → Dorado ⓘ
Dorado → hasIAUDesignation → Dorado ⓘ
subject linked to: constellation Dorado
Volans → borderedBy → Dorado ⓘ
Pictor → borderedBy → Dorado ⓘ
Beta Doradus → constellation → Dorado ⓘ
R Doradus → constellation → Dorado ⓘ
NGC 1672 → constellation → Dorado ⓘ
Xiphias → alternativeNameOf → Dorado ⓘ
Dor → abbreviationOf → Dorado ⓘ
Tarantula Nebula → locatedIn → Dorado ⓘ
subject linked to: Dor
Large Magellanic Cloud → partlyLocatedIn → Dorado ⓘ
subject linked to: Dor