Delphinus () is a constellation in the northern sky, close to the celestial equator.

Delphinus does not have any bright stars ; its brightest star is of magnitude 3. 6.

The main asterism in Delphinus is Job's Coffin, formed from the four brightest stars: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Delphini.

However, Delphinus is in a rich Milky Way star field.

Beta Delphini, called Rotanev, is a close binary star and the brightest in Delphinus, divisible in only large amateur telescopes.

Delphinus is also home to several variable stars.

Because it is in a rich Milky Way star field, Delphinus has several deep-sky objects.

It is the dolphins that became the foundation of Mayol ’ s life philosophy of Homo Delphinus.

Sagitta lies within the Milky Way and is bordered by the following constellations ( beginning at the north and then continuing clockwise ): the little fox Vulpecula, the mythological hero Hercules, the eagle Aquila and the dolphin Delphinus.

The impressive South American conifer Fitzroya cupressoides is named after him as well as the Delphinus fitzroyi, a species of dolphin discovered by Darwin during his voyage aboard the Beagle.

The common dolphin is the name given to two species ( and possibly a third ) of dolphin making up the genus Delphinus.

The short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis is listed globally on Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( CMS ) as it has an unfavourable conservation status or would benefit significantly from international co-operation organised by tailored agreements.

The short-beaked common dolphin ( Delphinus delphis ) is a species of common dolphin.

The short-beaked common dolphin is a member of common dolphin genus, Delphinus within the dolphin family, Delphinidae.

The Mediterranean population of the short-beaked common dolphin Delphinus delphis is listed on Appendix I, while the North Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean, Black Sea and eastern tropical Pacific populations are listed on Appendix II of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals ( CMS ).

The Long-beaked common dolphin ( Delphinus capensis ) is a species of common dolphin.

The Long-beaked common dolphin is a member of common dolphin genus, Delphinus within the dolphin family, Delphinidae.

Delphinus is the Latin word for ' dolphin '.

There is evidence the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin may actually be more closely related to certain dolphin species in the genera Stenella and Delphinus, especially the Atlantic spotted dolphin ( S. frontalis ), than it is to the common bottlenose dolphin.

* Delphinus ( constellation ), Del is official abbreviation

Beta Delphini ( Beta Del, β Delphini, β Del ) is a binary star in the constellation of Delphinus.

Alpha Delphini ( α Del, α Delphini ) is a multiple star in the constellation Delphinus.

L ’ Homo Delphinus ( 1983, published in English as Homo Delphinus – The dolphin within man ) – Throughout his book Mayol expounds his theories about man ’ s relationship with the sea: Does man really have an aquatic origin?

Gray first described the species as Delphinus obscurus, with the subgenus Grampus in his 1828 Specilegia Zoologica.

By enlisting the aid of the Valuan prince Enrique, who has lost patience with his government's tyranny, and stealing a powerful Valuan warship named the Delphinus, the Blue Rogues are able to escape.

He joins the party and gives Vyse his flagship, the Delphinus, when he escapes Valua with Vyse, Aika, Fina, and Gilder.

USS Delphinus ( AF-24 ) and USS Delphinus ( PHM-1 ), two United States Navy ships, are named after the constellation.

However, Gray later wrote that a similar dolphin was described as Delphinus supercilious by French surgeons and naturalists René Primevère Lesson and Prosper Garnot from a specimen collected off the coast of Tasmania two years before his own classification.

Modern cetologists usually recognise two species-the Short-beaked common dolphin, which retains the systematic name Delphinus delphis, and the long-beaked common dolphin Delphinus capensis.

Currently, there are two recognized species of Delphinus: the short-beaked common dolphin and the long-beaked common dolphin ( D. capensis ).

Currently, there are two recognized species of Delphinus — the Short-beaked common dolphin ( D. delphis ) and the Long-beaked common dolphin.

* HIMS Delphinus, one of two main airships in the video game Skies of Arcadia

How can man re-awaken his dormant mental and spiritual faculties and the physiological mechanisms from the depths of his psyche and genetic make-up to develop the potential of his aquatic origins, to become a Homo Delphinus?

Meanwhile, Charles Darwin also described what turned out to be this species as Delphinus fitzroyi from a specimen harpooned off Argentina in 1838.

The Murray River was formed when Totyerguil the hunter speared Otjout, a giant Murray Cod, who, when wounded, churned a channel across southern Australia before entering the sky as the constellation Delphinus.

Delphinus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains among the 88 modern constellations recognized by the International Astronomical Union.

There are several dimmer stars in Delphinus.

Rho Aquilae moved across the border into Delphinus in 1992.

Her suitor then sent out several searchers, among them a certain Delphinus.

Delphinus accidentally stumbled upon her and was able to persuade Amphitrite to accept Poseidon's wooing.

* Unniversity of Wisconsin http :// www. astro. wisc. edu /~ dolan / constellations / constellations / Delphinus. html

389 by bishop Delphinus of Bordeaux.

This dolphin was catasterised as the constellation Delphinus, by the blessings of Apollo.