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 3831→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
12
3456789
10111213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
1 April 3831 2 April 3831 3 April 3831 4 April 3831 5 April 3831 6 April 3831 7 April 3831 8 April 3831 9 April 3831 10 April 3831 11 April 3831 12 April 3831 13 April 3831 14 April 3831 15 April 3831 16 April 3831 17 April 3831 18 April 3831 19 April 3831 20 April 3831 21 April 3831 22 April 3831 23 April 3831 24 April 3831 25 April 3831 26 April 3831 27 April 3831 28 April 3831 29 April 3831 30 April 3831 1 May 3831 7 Centaurus 1180 8 Centaurus 1180 9 Centaurus 1180 10 Centaurus 1180 11 Centaurus 1180 12 Centaurus 1180 13 Centaurus 1180 14 Centaurus 1180 15 Centaurus 1180 16 Centaurus 1180 17 Centaurus 1180 18 Centaurus 1180 19 Centaurus 1180 20 Centaurus 1180 21 Centaurus 1180 22 Centaurus 1180 23 Centaurus 1180 24 Centaurus 1180 25 Centaurus 1180 26 Centaurus 1180 27 Centaurus 1180 28 Centaurus 1180 1 Draco 1180 2 Draco 1180 3 Draco 1180 4 Draco 1180 5 Draco 1180 6 Draco 1180 7 Draco 1180 8 Draco 1180 9 Draco 1180
MD 659426 MD 659427 MD 659428 MD 659429 MD 659430 MD 659431 MD 659432 MD 659433 MD 659434 MD 659435 MD 659436 MD 659437 MD 659438 MD 659439 MD 659440 MD 659441 MD 659442 MD 659443 MD 659444 MD 659445 MD 659446 MD 659447 MD 659448 MD 659449 MD 659450 MD 659451 MD 659452 MD 659453 MD 659454 MD 659455 MD 659456 MS 641612 MS 641613 MS 641614 MS 641615 MS 641616 MS 641617 MS 641618 MS 641619 MS 641620 MS 641621 MS 641622 MS 641623 MS 641624 MS 641625 MS 641626 MS 641627 MS 641628 MS 641629 MS 641630 MS 641631 MS 641632 MS 641633 MS 641634 MS 641635 MS 641636 MS 641637 MS 641638 MS 641639 MS 641640 MS 641641 MS 641642