Dorado

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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4980. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Constellations And Asterisms

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(the Goldfish, or Swordfish—sometimes shown as Xiphias; abbrev. Dor, gen. Doradus; area 179 sq. deg.) A southern constellation which lies between Pictor and Reticulum, and culminates at midnight in early December. It was first shown on Petrus Plancius' celestial globe of c. 1598, though it is usually attributed to the Dutch navigators Pieter Dirkszoon Keyser (also known as Petrus Theodorus) and F...

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