ABSTRACT
Dorado is shown in part, though its brightest star, Alpha is just off the top of the map. The Mira variable R Doradus is near the border of Reticulum; at the time of the photograph it was near its maximum of magnitude 4.8, and its redness is evident. Reticulum, adjoining Dorado, is a fairly compact constellation, which makes it easy to identify. Zeta is a very wide double, and though the separation is over 300 seconds of arc the two components have common proper motion, indicating a true association. Tucana may be the faintest of the Southern Birds, but it is graced by the presence of the Small Magellanic Cloud, which is further away than the Large Cloud - 190,000 light-years - and is smaller, but is very prominent with the naked eye.
