IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg). Via Wikipedia.
Taurus
The Bull
OriginAncient
AbbreviationTau
GenitiveTauri
Pronunciation/ˈtɔːrəs/ TOR-əs genitive /ˈtɔːraɪ/ TOR-eye
TOR-us
LocationCelestial Equator
Primary StarAldebaran (α Tauri)
Right Ascention 4h 36m Declination +16° 31'
Martian Solar Lag δ(🜨→♂) +0.132h (7.9m)
Taurus, “The Bull” represents Zeus in the form he took when he abducted Europa, daughter of the king of Phoenicia. While playing on the beach, Europa sighted a magnificent white bull with golden horns grazing peacefully with her father’s herd. She was entranced by its beauty and gentle demeanor. The bull knelt before her, and when she climbed up on its back, it went into the sea and swam her to Crete, where Zeus finally shed his bestial disguise. He seduced her and one of their offspring was Minos, king of Crete.
www.underthesky.com
Taurus as depicted by Johann Bayer in his Uranometria (1603). Source image provided by www.RareMaps.com — Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. Via www.underthenightsky.com.
←April 0572→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234
567891011
12131415161718
19202122232425
2627282930
1 April 0572 2 April 0572 3 April 0572 4 April 0572 5 April 0572 6 April 0572 7 April 0572 8 April 0572 9 April 0572 10 April 0572 11 April 0572 12 April 0572 13 April 0572 14 April 0572 15 April 0572 16 April 0572 17 April 0572 18 April 0572 19 April 0572 20 April 0572 21 April 0572 22 April 0572 23 April 0572 24 April 0572 25 April 0572 26 April 0572 27 April 0572 28 April 0572 29 April 0572 30 April 0572 1 May 572
MD -530898 MD -530897 MD -530896 MD -530895 MD -530894 MD -530893 MD -530892 MD -530891 MD -530890 MD -530889 MD -530888 MD -530887 MD -530886 MD -530885 MD -530884 MD -530883 MD -530882 MD -530881 MD -530880 MD -530879 MD -530878 MD -530877 MD -530876 MD -530875 MD -530874 MD -530873 MD -530872 MD -530871 MD -530870 MD -530869 MD -530868