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 3308→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
1 April 3308 2 April 3308 3 April 3308 4 April 3308 5 April 3308 6 April 3308 7 April 3308 8 April 3308 9 April 3308 10 April 3308 11 April 3308 12 April 3308 13 April 3308 14 April 3308 15 April 3308 16 April 3308 17 April 3308 18 April 3308 19 April 3308 20 April 3308 21 April 3308 22 April 3308 23 April 3308 24 April 3308 25 April 3308 26 April 3308 27 April 3308 28 April 3308 29 April 3308 30 April 3308 1 May 3308 17 Centaurus 902 18 Centaurus 902 19 Centaurus 902 20 Centaurus 902 21 Centaurus 902 22 Centaurus 902 23 Centaurus 902 24 Centaurus 902 25 Centaurus 902 26 Centaurus 902 27 Centaurus 902 28 Centaurus 902 1 Draco 902 2 Draco 902 3 Draco 902 4 Draco 902 5 Draco 902 6 Draco 902 7 Draco 902 8 Draco 902 9 Draco 902 10 Draco 902 11 Draco 902 12 Draco 902 13 Draco 902 14 Draco 902 15 Draco 902 16 Draco 902 17 Draco 902 18 Draco 902
MD 468405 MD 468406 MD 468407 MD 468408 MD 468409 MD 468410 MD 468411 MD 468412 MD 468413 MD 468414 MD 468415 MD 468416 MD 468417 MD 468418 MD 468419 MD 468420 MD 468421 MD 468422 MD 468423 MD 468424 MD 468425 MD 468426 MD 468427 MD 468428 MD 468429 MD 468430 MD 468431 MD 468432 MD 468433 MD 468434 MD 468435 MS 455754 MS 455755 MS 455756 MS 455757 MS 455758 MS 455759 MS 455760 MS 455761 MS 455762 MS 455763 MS 455764 MS 455765 MS 455766 MS 455767 MS 455768 MS 455769 MS 455770 MS 455771 MS 455772 MS 455773 MS 455774 MS 455775 MS 455776 MS 455777 MS 455778 MS 455779 MS 455780 MS 455781 MS 455782 MS 455783