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 2767→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1
2345678
9101112131415
16171819202122
23242526272829
30
1 April 2767 2 April 2767 3 April 2767 4 April 2767 5 April 2767 6 April 2767 7 April 2767 8 April 2767 9 April 2767 10 April 2767 11 April 2767 12 April 2767 13 April 2767 14 April 2767 15 April 2767 16 April 2767 17 April 2767 18 April 2767 19 April 2767 20 April 2767 21 April 2767 22 April 2767 23 April 2767 24 April 2767 25 April 2767 26 April 2767 27 April 2767 28 April 2767 29 April 2767 30 April 2767 1 May 2767 8 Tucana 614 9 Tucana 614 10 Tucana 614 11 Tucana 614 12 Tucana 614 13 Tucana 614 14 Tucana 614 15 Tucana 614 16 Tucana 614 17 Tucana 614 18 Tucana 614 19 Tucana 614 20 Tucana 614 21 Tucana 614 22 Tucana 614 23 Tucana 614 24 Tucana 614 25 Tucana 614 26 Tucana 614 27 Tucana 614 1 Phoenix 615 2 Phoenix 615 3 Phoenix 615 4 Phoenix 615 5 Phoenix 615 6 Phoenix 615 7 Phoenix 615 8 Phoenix 615 9 Phoenix 615 10 Phoenix 615
MD 270808 MD 270809 MD 270810 MD 270811 MD 270812 MD 270813 MD 270814 MD 270815 MD 270816 MD 270817 MD 270818 MD 270819 MD 270820 MD 270821 MD 270822 MD 270823 MD 270824 MD 270825 MD 270826 MD 270827 MD 270828 MD 270829 MD 270830 MD 270831 MD 270832 MD 270833 MD 270834 MD 270835 MD 270836 MD 270837 MD 270838 MS 263498 MS 263499 MS 263500 MS 263501 MS 263502 MS 263503 MS 263504 MS 263505 MS 263506 MS 263507 MS 263508 MS 263509 MS 263510 MS 263511 MS 263512 MS 263513 MS 263514 MS 263515 MS 263516 MS 263517 MS 263518 MS 263519 MS 263520 MS 263521 MS 263522 MS 263523 MS 263524 MS 263525 MS 263526 MS 263527