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 4041→
SunMonTueWedThurFriSat
123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
282930
1 April 4041 2 April 4041 3 April 4041 4 April 4041 5 April 4041 6 April 4041 7 April 4041 8 April 4041 9 April 4041 10 April 4041 11 April 4041 12 April 4041 13 April 4041 14 April 4041 15 April 4041 16 April 4041 17 April 4041 18 April 4041 19 April 4041 20 April 4041 21 April 4041 22 April 4041 23 April 4041 24 April 4041 25 April 4041 26 April 4041 27 April 4041 28 April 4041 29 April 4041 30 April 4041 1 May 4041 3 Lepus 1292 4 Lepus 1292 5 Lepus 1292 6 Lepus 1292 7 Lepus 1292 8 Lepus 1292 9 Lepus 1292 10 Lepus 1292 11 Lepus 1292 12 Lepus 1292 13 Lepus 1292 14 Lepus 1292 15 Lepus 1292 16 Lepus 1292 17 Lepus 1292 18 Lepus 1292 19 Lepus 1292 20 Lepus 1292 21 Lepus 1292 22 Lepus 1292 23 Lepus 1292 24 Lepus 1292 25 Lepus 1292 26 Lepus 1292 27 Lepus 1292 28 Lepus 1292 1 Columba 1292 2 Columba 1292 3 Columba 1292 4 Columba 1292 5 Columba 1292
MD 736128 MD 736129 MD 736130 MD 736131 MD 736132 MD 736133 MD 736134 MD 736135 MD 736136 MD 736137 MD 736138 MD 736139 MD 736140 MD 736141 MD 736142 MD 736143 MD 736144 MD 736145 MD 736146 MD 736147 MD 736148 MD 736149 MD 736150 MD 736151 MD 736152 MD 736153 MD 736154 MD 736155 MD 736156 MD 736157 MD 736158 MS 716241 MS 716242 MS 716243 MS 716244 MS 716245 MS 716246 MS 716247 MS 716248 MS 716249 MS 716250 MS 716251 MS 716252 MS 716253 MS 716254 MS 716255 MS 716256 MS 716257 MS 716258 MS 716259 MS 716260 MS 716261 MS 716262 MS 716263 MS 716264 MS 716265 MS 716266 MS 716267 MS 716268 MS 716269 MS 716270 MS 716271