Dor

Japanese: Dor
Dor

...Abbreviation: Dor. A small constellation in the southern sky. It was first depicted as a strange fish with a pointed mouth in the star atlas "Uranometria" by J. Bayer in 1603. The Large Magellanic Cloud is to the south of this constellation, but it cannot be seen from Japan. Even its alpha star is faint, at magnitude 3.5. It is home to the spiral galaxies NGC1553 and NGC1566. Its approximate position is right ascension 5h0m, declination -60°. It reaches its culmination at 8pm in late January. [Ishida Goro]...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Dor" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…略号Dor。南天の小星座。1603年J.バイヤーの星図《ウラノメトリアUranometria》に口先のとがった怪魚の姿がかかれたのが最初である。この星座の南側には大マゼラン銀河があるが,日本では見えない。α星でも3.5等と暗い。渦巻銀河NGC1553,NGC1566がある。概略位置は赤経5h0m,赤緯-60゜。午後8時の南中は1月下旬である。【石田 五郎】…

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