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 3398→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
1234567
891011121314
15161718192021
22232425262728
2930
1 April 3398 2 April 3398 3 April 3398 4 April 3398 5 April 3398 6 April 3398 7 April 3398 8 April 3398 9 April 3398 10 April 3398 11 April 3398 12 April 3398 13 April 3398 14 April 3398 15 April 3398 16 April 3398 17 April 3398 18 April 3398 19 April 3398 20 April 3398 21 April 3398 22 April 3398 23 April 3398 24 April 3398 25 April 3398 26 April 3398 27 April 3398 28 April 3398 29 April 3398 30 April 3398 1 May 3398 20 Camelopardalis 950 21 Camelopardalis 950 22 Camelopardalis 950 23 Camelopardalis 950 24 Camelopardalis 950 25 Camelopardalis 950 26 Camelopardalis 950 27 Camelopardalis 950 28 Camelopardalis 950 1 Chamaeleon 950 2 Chamaeleon 950 3 Chamaeleon 950 4 Chamaeleon 950 5 Chamaeleon 950 6 Chamaeleon 950 7 Chamaeleon 950 8 Chamaeleon 950 9 Chamaeleon 950 10 Chamaeleon 950 11 Chamaeleon 950 12 Chamaeleon 950 13 Chamaeleon 950 14 Chamaeleon 950 15 Chamaeleon 950 16 Chamaeleon 950 17 Chamaeleon 950 18 Chamaeleon 950 19 Chamaeleon 950 20 Chamaeleon 950 21 Chamaeleon 950
MD 501277 MD 501278 MD 501279 MD 501280 MD 501281 MD 501282 MD 501283 MD 501284 MD 501285 MD 501286 MD 501287 MD 501288 MD 501289 MD 501290 MD 501291 MD 501292 MD 501293 MD 501294 MD 501295 MD 501296 MD 501297 MD 501298 MD 501299 MD 501300 MD 501301 MD 501302 MD 501303 MD 501304 MD 501305 MD 501306 MD 501307 MS 487738 MS 487739 MS 487740 MS 487741 MS 487742 MS 487743 MS 487744 MS 487745 MS 487746 MS 487747 MS 487748 MS 487749 MS 487750 MS 487751 MS 487752 MS 487753 MS 487754 MS 487755 MS 487756 MS 487757 MS 487758 MS 487759 MS 487760 MS 487761 MS 487762 MS 487763 MS 487764 MS 487765 MS 487766 MS 487767