Dorado

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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 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constellation
southern sky constellation
areaRank 72
areaSquareDegrees 179
belongsTo Vela constellation
surface form: Bayer constellations
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 (6)

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

LMC locatedInConstellation Dorado
SN 1987A constellation Dorado
constellation Dorado hasIAUDesignation Dorado
subject surface form: Dorado