Dorado - Definition and Overview

Dorado
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Abbreviation	Dor
Genitive	Doradus
Symbology	the Swordfish
Right ascension	? h
Declination	?°
Area	179 sq. deg. Ranked 72nd
Number of stars (magnitude < 3)	None
Brightest star	α Dor (App. magnitude 3.27)
Meteor showers	None
Bordering constellations	Caelum Horologium Reticulum Hydrus Mensa Volans Pictor
Visible at latitudes between +?° and −?° Best visible during the month of ?

Dorado (Latin for Swordfish) is a southern constellation. It first appears in Johann Bayer's Uranometria of 1603, but probably received its name earlier. It is notable for containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud, the remainder being in the constellation Mensa.

Other uses

The term dorado is used in the fisheries of some Latin American countries to denote the edible fish mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus).

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