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 3377→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12345
6789101112
13141516171819
20212223242526
27282930
1 April 3377 2 April 3377 3 April 3377 4 April 3377 5 April 3377 6 April 3377 7 April 3377 8 April 3377 9 April 3377 10 April 3377 11 April 3377 12 April 3377 13 April 3377 14 April 3377 15 April 3377 16 April 3377 17 April 3377 18 April 3377 19 April 3377 20 April 3377 21 April 3377 22 April 3377 23 April 3377 24 April 3377 25 April 3377 26 April 3377 27 April 3377 28 April 3377 29 April 3377 30 April 3377 1 May 3377 23 Columba 939 24 Columba 939 25 Columba 939 26 Columba 939 27 Columba 939 28 Columba 939 1 Monoceros 939 2 Monoceros 939 3 Monoceros 939 4 Monoceros 939 5 Monoceros 939 6 Monoceros 939 7 Monoceros 939 8 Monoceros 939 9 Monoceros 939 10 Monoceros 939 11 Monoceros 939 12 Monoceros 939 13 Monoceros 939 14 Monoceros 939 15 Monoceros 939 16 Monoceros 939 17 Monoceros 939 18 Monoceros 939 19 Monoceros 939 20 Monoceros 939 21 Monoceros 939 22 Monoceros 939 23 Monoceros 939 24 Monoceros 939
MD 493607 MD 493608 MD 493609 MD 493610 MD 493611 MD 493612 MD 493613 MD 493614 MD 493615 MD 493616 MD 493617 MD 493618 MD 493619 MD 493620 MD 493621 MD 493622 MD 493623 MD 493624 MD 493625 MD 493626 MD 493627 MD 493628 MD 493629 MD 493630 MD 493631 MD 493632 MD 493633 MD 493634 MD 493635 MD 493636 MD 493637 MS 480275 MS 480276 MS 480277 MS 480278 MS 480279 MS 480280 MS 480281 MS 480282 MS 480283 MS 480284 MS 480285 MS 480286 MS 480287 MS 480288 MS 480289 MS 480290 MS 480291 MS 480292 MS 480293 MS 480294 MS 480295 MS 480296 MS 480297 MS 480298 MS 480299 MS 480300 MS 480301 MS 480302 MS 480303 MS 480304