Constellation
Dorado
Dorado (Dor) is one of the 88 constellations recognised by the International Astronomical Union. Its brightest star is α Dor (magnitude 3.30).
| Latin name | Dorado |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | Dor |
| Brightest star | α Dor |
| Stars in this encyclopedia | 60 |
| Stars with exoplanets | 12 |
| Deep-sky objects | 10 |
| Galaxies | 41 |
In the sky
Visible from the whole Southern Hemisphere and north to latitude 29° N. South of latitude 29° S it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in December, the best time to observe it.
Its brightest stars
- α Dor 3.30 · 168.6 light-years
- β Dor 3.76 · 1,113 light-years
- γ Dor 4.26 · 66.6 light-years
- δ Dor 4.34 · 149.1 light-years
- Gl 224.1 4.65 · 89.1 light-years
- ζ Dor 4.71 · 38.1 light-years
- θ Dor 4.81 · 541.9 light-years
- η² Dor 5.01 · 719.8 light-years
- ν Dor 5.06 · 281.8 light-years
- ε Dor 5.10 · 593.3 light-years
- λ Dor 5.14 · 550.9 light-years
- HIP 23840 5.19 · 579.5 light-years
- κ Dor 5.28 · 220.1 light-years
- HIP 26001 5.34 · 234.1 light-years
- π² Dor 5.37 · 277.4 light-years
- π¹ Dor 5.56 · 657.5 light-years
- HIP 21479 5.59 · 178.1 light-years
- η¹ Dor 5.72 · 341.7 light-years
- HIP 25482 6.02 · 263.0 light-years
- HIP 20109 6.08 · 242.8 light-years
- HIP 22844 6.11 · 99.2 light-years
- HIP 25781 6.19 · 393.2 light-years
- GJ 9155A 6.28 · 89.8 light-years
- HIP 26368 6.28 · 699.5 light-years
- HIP 30973 6.28 · 333.0 light-years
Its stars with exoplanets
Deep-sky objects
- Tarantula Nebula (30 Doradus) Nebula
- R136a1 Star
- SN 1987A Supernova
- WOH G64 Star
- NGC 1850 Star cluster
- PSR B0540-69 (J0540-6919) Pulsar
- PSR J0537-6910 Pulsar
- PSR B0529-66 (J0529-6652) Pulsar
- PSR B0502-66 (J0502-6617) Pulsar
- NGC 1901 Star cluster
Galaxies
- Large Magellanic Cloud 163,100 light-years
- NGC 1533 63.3 million light-years
- IC 2038 62.6 million light-years
- NGC 2187A 184.7 million light-years
- NGC 2187B 210.6 million light-years
- NGC 1809 60.6 million light-years
- NGC 2233 337.0 million light-years
- NGC 1892 63.5 million light-years
- NGC 2229 392.7 million light-years
- NGC 2235 388.4 million light-years
- NGC 2228 338.3 million light-years
- NGC 2082 55.2 million light-years
- NGC 1947 51.2 million light-years
- NGC 1771 232.6 million light-years
- NGC 1706 227.8 million light-years
- NGC 1765 412.2 million light-years
- NGC 1796A 405.1 million light-years
- NGC 1796B 268.3 million light-years
- NGC 1796 47.3 million light-years
- NGC 1688 57.2 million light-years
- NGC 1703 71.1 million light-years
- NGC 1672 62.0 million light-years
- NGC 1596 70.4 million light-years
- NGC 1581 74.6 million light-years
- NGC 1566 70.1 million light-years
- NGC 1617 49.5 million light-years
- IC 2085 45.8 million light-years
- IC 2052 526.6 million light-years
- NGC 1515 54.8 million light-years
- IC 2083 601.1 million light-years
- IC 2082 NED02 557.7 million light-years
- IC 2079 501.0 million light-years
- IC 2043 548.3 million light-years
- IC 2033 579.5 million light-years
- IC 2081 593.5 million light-years
- IC 2050 576.3 million light-years
- IC 2028 464.3 million light-years
- NGC 1506 478.6 million light-years
- NGC 1500 471.3 million light-years
- NGC 1578 287.9 million light-years
- NGC 1556 46.1 million light-years