Xiphias

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Xiphias is an alternative name for the southern sky constellation Dorado, which is associated with the dolphinfish.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Dorado 0

Statements (33)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical constellation name
constellation
alternativeNameOf Dorado NERFINISHED
associatedWith Coryphaena hippurus NERFINISHED
dolphinfish
dolphinfish
mahi-mahi
mahi-mahi
borderedBy Horologium NERFINISHED
Hydrus NERFINISHED
Mensa NERFINISHED
Pictor
Reticulum NERFINISHED
Volans NERFINISHED
contains Large Magellanic Cloud NERFINISHED
Tarantula Nebula NERFINISHED
declinationRange approximately −55° to −70°
genitiveForm Doradus
hasAbbreviation Dor NERFINISHED
includedIn Johann Bayer’s Uranometria NERFINISHED
introducedBy Petrus Plancius NERFINISHED
languageOfName Latin NERFINISHED
locatedIn southern celestial hemisphere
southern celestial hemisphere
meaningOfName swordfish
namedAfter dolphinfish
partOf Bayer constellations
refersTo constellation Dorado
relatedTo constellation naming history
rightAscensionRange approximately 4h to 6h
usedIn historical star charts
visibleBestIn summer (Southern Hemisphere)
visibleIn Southern Hemisphere NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

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

constellation Dorado alsoKnownAs Xiphias
subject surface form: Dorado