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 2749→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 April 2749 2 April 2749 3 April 2749 4 April 2749 5 April 2749 6 April 2749 7 April 2749 8 April 2749 9 April 2749 10 April 2749 11 April 2749 12 April 2749 13 April 2749 14 April 2749 15 April 2749 16 April 2749 17 April 2749 18 April 2749 19 April 2749 20 April 2749 21 April 2749 22 April 2749 23 April 2749 24 April 2749 25 April 2749 26 April 2749 27 April 2749 28 April 2749 29 April 2749 30 April 2749 1 May 2749 19 Chamaeleon 605 20 Chamaeleon 605 21 Chamaeleon 605 22 Chamaeleon 605 23 Chamaeleon 605 24 Chamaeleon 605 25 Chamaeleon 605 26 Chamaeleon 605 27 Chamaeleon 605 28 Chamaeleon 605 1 Hydra 605 2 Hydra 605 3 Hydra 605 4 Hydra 605 5 Hydra 605 6 Hydra 605 7 Hydra 605 8 Hydra 605 9 Hydra 605 10 Hydra 605 11 Hydra 605 12 Hydra 605 13 Hydra 605 14 Hydra 605 15 Hydra 605 16 Hydra 605 17 Hydra 605 18 Hydra 605 19 Hydra 605 20 Hydra 605
MD 264234 MD 264235 MD 264236 MD 264237 MD 264238 MD 264239 MD 264240 MD 264241 MD 264242 MD 264243 MD 264244 MD 264245 MD 264246 MD 264247 MD 264248 MD 264249 MD 264250 MD 264251 MD 264252 MD 264253 MD 264254 MD 264255 MD 264256 MD 264257 MD 264258 MD 264259 MD 264260 MD 264261 MD 264262 MD 264263 MD 264264 MS 257101 MS 257102 MS 257103 MS 257104 MS 257105 MS 257106 MS 257107 MS 257108 MS 257109 MS 257110 MS 257111 MS 257112 MS 257113 MS 257114 MS 257115 MS 257116 MS 257117 MS 257118 MS 257119 MS 257120 MS 257121 MS 257122 MS 257123 MS 257124 MS 257125 MS 257126 MS 257127 MS 257128 MS 257129 MS 257130