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 3593→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 April 3593 2 April 3593 3 April 3593 4 April 3593 5 April 3593 6 April 3593 7 April 3593 8 April 3593 9 April 3593 10 April 3593 11 April 3593 12 April 3593 13 April 3593 14 April 3593 15 April 3593 16 April 3593 17 April 3593 18 April 3593 19 April 3593 20 April 3593 21 April 3593 22 April 3593 23 April 3593 24 April 3593 25 April 3593 26 April 3593 27 April 3593 28 April 3593 29 April 3593 30 April 3593 1 May 3593 6 Phoenix 1054 7 Phoenix 1054 8 Phoenix 1054 9 Phoenix 1054 10 Phoenix 1054 11 Phoenix 1054 12 Phoenix 1054 13 Phoenix 1054 14 Phoenix 1054 15 Phoenix 1054 16 Phoenix 1054 17 Phoenix 1054 18 Phoenix 1054 19 Phoenix 1054 20 Phoenix 1054 21 Phoenix 1054 22 Phoenix 1054 23 Phoenix 1054 24 Phoenix 1054 25 Phoenix 1054 26 Phoenix 1054 27 Phoenix 1054 28 Phoenix 1054 1 Cetus 1054 2 Cetus 1054 3 Cetus 1054 4 Cetus 1054 5 Cetus 1054 6 Cetus 1054 7 Cetus 1054
MD 572499 MD 572500 MD 572501 MD 572502 MD 572503 MD 572504 MD 572505 MD 572506 MD 572507 MD 572508 MD 572509 MD 572510 MD 572511 MD 572512 MD 572513 MD 572514 MD 572515 MD 572516 MD 572517 MD 572518 MD 572519 MD 572520 MD 572521 MD 572522 MD 572523 MD 572524 MD 572525 MD 572526 MD 572527 MD 572528 MD 572529 MS 557035 MS 557036 MS 557037 MS 557038 MS 557039 MS 557040 MS 557041 MS 557042 MS 557043 MS 557044 MS 557045 MS 557046 MS 557047 MS 557048 MS 557049 MS 557050 MS 557051 MS 557052 MS 557053 MS 557054 MS 557055 MS 557056 MS 557057 MS 557058 MS 557059 MS 557060 MS 557061 MS 557062 MS 557063 MS 557064