Dorado Dor
Dorado is one of the 88 constellations, covering 179 square degrees of the sky (72nd largest). It is highest at midnight in December and best in the evening sky in January and February.
9 of its best-known objects have a page of their own here.
Facts
| Abbreviation | Dor |
|---|---|
| Size | 179 square degrees (72nd largest of the 88; the full Moon covers about 0.2) |
| Middle (J2000) | 5h 01m, −61° |
| Highest at midnight | December (in the evening, around 8–10 pm: January and February) |
| How high | From India (about 20° N) its middle climbs to about 9° above the horizon; from 50° N it never rises. |
| Pages here | 9 objects |
Nebulae
2Stars
4Other objects
3Brightest NGC and IC objects
OpenNGC| Object | Type | Magnitude | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
| ESO056-115 (Large Magellanic Cloud) (on the map) | Galaxy | 0.3 | 646′ |
| NGC 2070 (30 Dor Cluster) | HII region (glowing hydrogen) | 7.3 | 16′ |
| NGC 1968 (on the map) | Association of stars | 8.2 | 5′ |
| NGC 2055 (on the map) | Association of stars | 8.4 | 1.9′ |
| NGC 2074 (on the map) | Star cluster with nebula | 8.5 | 4′ |
| NGC 1955 (on the map) | HII region (glowing hydrogen) | 8.9 | 4′ |
| NGC 1850 (on the map) | Globular star cluster | 9 | 3′ |
| NGC 2014 (on the map) | Nebula | 9 | 5.1′ |
| NGC 2050 (on the map) | Association of stars | 9.3 | 3′ |
| NGC 1553 (on the map) | Galaxy | 9.3 | 6.3′ |
| NGC 1747 (on the map) | Open star cluster | 9.4 | 4.4′ |
| NGC 1763 (on the map) | Star cluster with nebula | 9.4 | 5.2′ |
Smaller magnitudes are brighter; the faintest stars the eye sees are about 6. The full Moon is about 31′ across.
Data: IAU constellation boundaries (Roman 1987) · OpenNGC (Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0) · Data sources & credits