α Dor - The brightest star of the constellation has an apparent magnitude of 3.47. In reality, it is a close binary star, as there is a companion with a magnitude of 9.8 located 77.7" away from the primary component. It is located at a distance of 176 light-years.

β Dor - The variable Cepheid, which reaches a maximum brightness of 3.8mag and decreases to 4.6mag at minimum with a period of 9.84 days. This yellow-white supergiant is located at a distance of approximately 1,000 light-years. The suitable comparison star is delta Dor, which has a magnitude of 4.35mag.

SN1987A - A bright supernova, which appeared on February 23, 1987 in the Large Magellanic Cloud near the Tarantula Nebula and reached its maximum brightness of 2.8 magnitude. After 383 years since Kepler's supernova, the inhabitants of the southern hemisphere could admire another supernova visible to the naked eye. It shone in the sky for 10 months, but it is now very faint. It is likely that a pulsar remained after it, but it has not been found yet.

S Doradus - An exceptionally luminous star that surpasses the Sun in brightness by at least a million times. It is one of the most radiant stars in existence. However, due to its distance, it cannot be seen with the naked eye and is only perceived as a faint star, whose brightness fluctuates between 8th magnitude and 11.5th magnitude, as it is an eclipsing variable star. Its components have diameters 1,400 and 1,200 times larger than our Sun. Its absolute brightness is approximately -11.