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 3078→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930
1 April 3078 2 April 3078 3 April 3078 4 April 3078 5 April 3078 6 April 3078 7 April 3078 8 April 3078 9 April 3078 10 April 3078 11 April 3078 12 April 3078 13 April 3078 14 April 3078 15 April 3078 16 April 3078 17 April 3078 18 April 3078 19 April 3078 20 April 3078 21 April 3078 22 April 3078 23 April 3078 24 April 3078 25 April 3078 26 April 3078 27 April 3078 28 April 3078 29 April 3078 30 April 3078 1 May 3078 17 Volans 780 18 Volans 780 19 Volans 780 20 Volans 780 21 Volans 780 22 Volans 780 23 Volans 780 24 Volans 780 25 Volans 780 26 Volans 780 27 Volans 780 28 Volans 780 1 Lynx 780 2 Lynx 780 3 Lynx 780 4 Lynx 780 5 Lynx 780 6 Lynx 780 7 Lynx 780 8 Lynx 780 9 Lynx 780 10 Lynx 780 11 Lynx 780 12 Lynx 780 13 Lynx 780 14 Lynx 780 15 Lynx 780 16 Lynx 780 17 Lynx 780 18 Lynx 780
MD 384399 MD 384400 MD 384401 MD 384402 MD 384403 MD 384404 MD 384405 MD 384406 MD 384407 MD 384408 MD 384409 MD 384410 MD 384411 MD 384412 MD 384413 MD 384414 MD 384415 MD 384416 MD 384417 MD 384418 MD 384419 MD 384420 MD 384421 MD 384422 MD 384423 MD 384424 MD 384425 MD 384426 MD 384427 MD 384428 MD 384429 MS 374019 MS 374020 MS 374021 MS 374022 MS 374023 MS 374024 MS 374025 MS 374026 MS 374027 MS 374028 MS 374029 MS 374030 MS 374031 MS 374032 MS 374033 MS 374034 MS 374035 MS 374036 MS 374037 MS 374038 MS 374039 MS 374040 MS 374041 MS 374042 MS 374043 MS 374044 MS 374045 MS 374046 MS 374047 MS 374048