Star profile
Nu Dorado
Hot blue starWhat is Nu Dorado
Nu Doradus is a hot blue-white B-type star about three hundred light-years away, set in a constellation whose outline shelters the Large Magellanic Cloud. That satellite galaxy of the Milky Way is one of the southern sky's most memorable sights, and Nu lies near its diffuse glow —where the eye finds at once a neighbouring star and an entire galaxy.
Where it is and when to see it
Nu Dorado lies in the southern celestial hemisphere. It is visible to the naked eye under a dark sky. Its best month of the year is June, when it culminates around midnight.
- From London it never rises above the horizon.
- From New York it never rises above the horizon.
- From Sydney it never sets and culminates about 55° up.
It can be seen from anywhere south of 21° N.
It ranks no. 9 in brightness among the 18 stars of Dorado in our catalogue. To find it, start from Alpha Dorado, the brightest: it lies about 17° away (a fist at arm's length covers about 10°).
The light you see today left it about 300 years ago.
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Astronomical data for Nu Dorado
- Constellation
- Dorado
- Apparent magnitude
- 5.06
- Distance
- 299.8 light years
- Coordinates (J2000)
- RA 92.185° · Dec -68.843°
- Catalogue
- HIP 29134 · HD 43107
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Other stars in Dorado
Dorado has 18 stars in Stelvia's catalogue. Here are a few of them.
- Alpha Dorado3.30
- Beta Dorado3.76
- Gamma Dorado4.26
- Zeta Dorado4.71
- Theta Dorado4.81
- Eta 2 Dorado5.01
- Epsilon Dorado5.10
- Lambda Dorado5.14