constellation Dorado

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Dorado is a southern sky constellation best known for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, a nearby satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
constellation Dorado canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical constellation
constellation
abbreviation Dor
alsoKnownAs Xiphias
associatedWith exploration of southern skies by Dutch navigators
belongsTo modern 88 constellations
bestSeenInMonth January
borders Caelum
Horologium
Hydrus
Mensa
Pictor
Reticulum
Volans
containsBrightStar Alpha Doradus
Beta Doradus
Gamma Doradus
containsDeepSkyObject 30 Doradus
NGC 1515
NGC 1566
NGC 1672
NGC 1763
NGC 1818
NGC 1850
NGC 2004
NGC 2032
NGC 2060
NGC 2070
SN 1987A
surface form: SN 1987A remnant

Tarantula Nebula
containsGalaxy Large Magellanic Cloud
NGC 1566
NGC 1672
containsMostOf Large Magellanic Cloud
containsPartOf Large Magellanic Cloud
surface form: Milky Way satellite galaxy Large Magellanic Cloud
containsVariableStar Gamma Doradus-type variables
R Doradus
S Doradus
declinationRange approximately −55 degrees to −70 degrees
firstPublishedBy Johann Bayer
firstPublishedIn Uranometria
genitiveForm Doradus
hasIAUDesignation Dorado
hemisphereVisibility primarily Southern Hemisphere
introducedBy Petrus Plancius
introducedIn late 16th century
latinNameMeaning dolphinfish
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere
partOf Bayer family of southern constellations
rightAscensionRange approximately 4 hours to 6 hours
visibleAtLatitudesBetween +20 degrees and −90 degrees

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Magellanic Clouds locatedIn constellation Dorado
subject surface form: Large Magellanic Cloud