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 3982→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123
45678910
11121314151617
18192021222324
252627282930
1 April 3982 2 April 3982 3 April 3982 4 April 3982 5 April 3982 6 April 3982 7 April 3982 8 April 3982 9 April 3982 10 April 3982 11 April 3982 12 April 3982 13 April 3982 14 April 3982 15 April 3982 16 April 3982 17 April 3982 18 April 3982 19 April 3982 20 April 3982 21 April 3982 22 April 3982 23 April 3982 24 April 3982 25 April 3982 26 April 3982 27 April 3982 28 April 3982 29 April 3982 30 April 3982 1 May 3982 15 Vulpecula 1260 16 Vulpecula 1260 17 Vulpecula 1260 18 Vulpecula 1260 19 Vulpecula 1260 20 Vulpecula 1260 21 Vulpecula 1260 22 Vulpecula 1260 23 Vulpecula 1260 24 Vulpecula 1260 25 Vulpecula 1260 26 Vulpecula 1260 27 Vulpecula 1260 28 Vulpecula 1260 1 Cygnus 1260 2 Cygnus 1260 3 Cygnus 1260 4 Cygnus 1260 5 Cygnus 1260 6 Cygnus 1260 7 Cygnus 1260 8 Cygnus 1260 9 Cygnus 1260 10 Cygnus 1260 11 Cygnus 1260 12 Cygnus 1260 13 Cygnus 1260 14 Cygnus 1260 15 Cygnus 1260 16 Cygnus 1260
MD 714578 MD 714579 MD 714580 MD 714581 MD 714582 MD 714583 MD 714584 MD 714585 MD 714586 MD 714587 MD 714588 MD 714589 MD 714590 MD 714591 MD 714592 MD 714593 MD 714594 MD 714595 MD 714596 MD 714597 MD 714598 MD 714599 MD 714600 MD 714601 MD 714602 MD 714603 MD 714604 MD 714605 MD 714606 MD 714607 MD 714608 MS 695274 MS 695275 MS 695276 MS 695277 MS 695278 MS 695279 MS 695280 MS 695281 MS 695282 MS 695283 MS 695284 MS 695285 MS 695286 MS 695287 MS 695288 MS 695289 MS 695290 MS 695291 MS 695292 MS 695293 MS 695294 MS 695295 MS 695296 MS 695297 MS 695298 MS 695299 MS 695300 MS 695301 MS 695302 MS 695303