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 2877→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 April 2877 2 April 2877 3 April 2877 4 April 2877 5 April 2877 6 April 2877 7 April 2877 8 April 2877 9 April 2877 10 April 2877 11 April 2877 12 April 2877 13 April 2877 14 April 2877 15 April 2877 16 April 2877 17 April 2877 18 April 2877 19 April 2877 20 April 2877 21 April 2877 22 April 2877 23 April 2877 24 April 2877 25 April 2877 26 April 2877 27 April 2877 28 April 2877 29 April 2877 30 April 2877 1 May 2877 15 Hydra 673 16 Hydra 673 17 Hydra 673 18 Hydra 673 19 Hydra 673 20 Hydra 673 21 Hydra 673 22 Hydra 673 23 Hydra 673 24 Hydra 673 25 Hydra 673 26 Hydra 673 27 Hydra 673 28 Hydra 673 1 Corvus 673 2 Corvus 673 3 Corvus 673 4 Corvus 673 5 Corvus 673 6 Corvus 673 7 Corvus 673 8 Corvus 673 9 Corvus 673 10 Corvus 673 11 Corvus 673 12 Corvus 673 13 Corvus 673 14 Corvus 673 15 Corvus 673 16 Corvus 673
MD 310986 MD 310987 MD 310988 MD 310989 MD 310990 MD 310991 MD 310992 MD 310993 MD 310994 MD 310995 MD 310996 MD 310997 MD 310998 MD 310999 MD 311000 MD 311001 MD 311002 MD 311003 MD 311004 MD 311005 MD 311006 MD 311007 MD 311008 MD 311009 MD 311010 MD 311011 MD 311012 MD 311013 MD 311014 MD 311015 MD 311016 MS 302590 MS 302591 MS 302592 MS 302593 MS 302594 MS 302595 MS 302596 MS 302597 MS 302598 MS 302599 MS 302600 MS 302601 MS 302602 MS 302603 MS 302604 MS 302605 MS 302606 MS 302607 MS 302608 MS 302609 MS 302610 MS 302611 MS 302612 MS 302613 MS 302614 MS 302615 MS 302616 MS 302617 MS 302618 MS 302619