"astronomers. Taurus hosts two of the nearest open clusters to Earth, the Pleiades and the Hyades, both of which are visible to the naked eye. At first magnitude, the red giant Aldebaran is the brightest star in the constellation. In the northwest part of Taurus is the supernova remnant Messier 1, more commonly known as the Crab Nebula. One of the closest regions of active star formation, the Taurus-Auriga complex, crosses into the northern part of the constellation. The variable star T Tauri is the prototype of a class of pre-main-sequence stars. Taurus is a big and prominent constellation in"
"Zeta Tauri Zeta Tauri (ζ Tauri, abbreviated Zet Tau, ζ Tau) is a binary star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, the Bull. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 3.0, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye. Parallax measurements place it at a distance of roughly 440 light-years from the Sun. The two components are designated Zeta Tauri A (also named Tianguan) and B. ""ζ Tauri"" (Latinised to ""Zeta Tauri"") is the star's Bayer designation; it also bears the Flamsteed designation of 123 Tauri. The designations of the two components as ""Zeta Tauri A"" and"
"to Earth and merely happens to lie along the same line of sight. The five brightest member stars of the Hyades have consumed the hydrogen fuel at their cores and are now evolving into giant stars. Four of these stars, with Bayer designations Gamma, Delta 1, Epsilon, and Theta Tauri, form an asterism that is traditionally identified as the head of Taurus the Bull. The fifth of these stars is Theta Tauri, a tight naked-eye companion to the brighter Theta Tauri. Epsilon Tauri, known as ""Ain"" (the ""Bull's Eye""), has a gas giant exoplanet candidate, the first planet to be"
"of Taurus Poniatovii, some of these had been part of the obsolete constellation River Tigris. The brightest of these stars is 72 Oph (3.7 magnitude) in the ""horn"" of Taurus Poniatovii. The ""face"" of Taurus Poniatovii is formed by 67 Oph (4.0), 68 Oph (4.4) and 70 Oph (4.0). The five brightest stars belong to loose open cluster Collinder 359 or Melotte 186. Barnard's star is also inside the boundaries of this former constellation. Some minor stars (5th and 6th magnitude) now in Aquila formed the ""rear"" of Taurus Poniatovii. Taurus Poniatovii Taurus Poniatovii (Latin for ""Poniatowski's bull"") was a"
"Lambda Tauri Lambda Tauri (λ Tau, λ Tauri) is a triple star system in the constellation Taurus. In the ""Calendarium of Al Achsasi Al Mouakket"", this star was designated ""Sadr al Tauri"", which was translated into Latin as ""Pectus Tauri"", meaning ""the bull chest"". In 1848, the light from this system was found to vary periodically and it was determined to be an eclipsing binary system—the third such discovered. The components of this system have a combined apparent visual magnitude of +3.47, making it one of the brighter members of the constellation. Based upon parallax measurements from the Hipparcos mission,"
"Taurus (constellation) Taurus (Latin for ""the Bull"") is one of the constellations of the zodiac, which means it is crossed by the plane of the ecliptic. Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the northern hemisphere's winter sky. It is one of the oldest constellations, dating back to at least the Early Bronze Age when it marked the location of the Sun during the spring equinox. Its importance to the agricultural calendar influenced various bull figures in the mythologies of Ancient Sumer, Akkad, Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, Greece, and Rome. A number of features exist that are of interest to"
"Einstein's prediction of the bending of light around the Sun from his general theory of relativity which he published in 1915. Taurus (constellation) Taurus (Latin for ""the Bull"") is one of the constellations of the zodiac, which means it is crossed by the plane of the ecliptic. Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the northern hemisphere's winter sky. It is one of the oldest constellations, dating back to at least the Early Bronze Age when it marked the location of the Sun during the spring equinox. Its importance to the agricultural calendar influenced various bull figures in the"
"Taurus was the first sign of the zodiac established among the ancient Mesopotamians, who called it as the Bull of Heaven, because it was the constellation through which the sun rose on the vernal equinox at that time. Due to the precession of the equinox, it has since passed through the constellation Aries and into the constellation Pisces. Cults centered around Sacred bulls began to form in Assyria, Egypt, and Crete during the Age of Taurus, known as ""The Age of Earth, Agriculture, and the Bull"". Taurus (astrology) Taurus (Latin: Bull; symbol: , Unicode: ♉) is the second astrological sign"
"Aldebaran Aldebaran, designated Alpha Tauri (α Tauri, abbreviated Alpha Tau, α Tau), is an orange giant star located about 65 light-years from the Sun in the zodiac constellation Taurus. It is the brightest star in its constellation and usually the fourteenth-brightest star in the night sky, though it varies slowly in brightness between magnitude 0.75 and 0.95. Aldebaran hosts a planet several times the size of Jupiter￼, named Aldebaran b. The planetary exploration probe Pioneer 10 is currently heading in the general direction of the star and should make its closest approach in about two million years. ""Alpha Tauri"" is"
"celestial sphere across the sky. Forming the profile of a Bull's face is a ""V"" or ""K""-shaped asterism of stars. This outline is created by prominent members of the Hyades, the nearest distinct open star cluster after the Ursa Major Moving Group. In this profile, Aldebaran forms the bull's bloodshot eye, which has been described as ""glaring menacingly at the hunter Orion"", a constellation that lies just to the southwest. The Hyades span about 5° of the sky, so that they can only be viewed in their entirety with binoculars or the unaided eye. It includes a naked eye double"
"Taurus (astrology) Taurus (Latin: Bull; symbol: , Unicode: ♉) is the second astrological sign in the present zodiac. It spans from 30° to 60° of the zodiac. The bull is its zodiac symbol. This sign belongs to the Earth triplicty. It has a Fixed modality with a feminine polarity. It is ruled by Venus and it is the sign where the Moon is exalted. The Sun transits in the sign of Taurus from approximately April 21 until May 20 in Western astrology. People born between these dates, depending on which system of astrology they subscribe to, may be called ""Taureans."""
"at. </poem> The New Zealand poet Edward Tregear instanced ""the lurid eye-beam of the angry Bull""— Taurus of the zodiac— among the familiar stars above the alien wilderness of New Zealand. In computer graphics, the concept of eye beams is fruitfully resurrected in ray tracing (in which the bouncing of eye beams around a scene is simulated computationally). Eye beam In the physics inherited from Plato (although rejected by Aristotle), an eye beam generated in the eye was thought to be responsible for the sense of sight. The eye beam darted by the imagined basilisk, for instance, was the agent"
"Taurus was a sacred bull that was associated with the renewal of life in spring. When the spring equinox entered Taurus, the constellation would become covered by the Sun in the western sky as spring began. This ""sacrifice"" led to the renewal of the land. To the early Hebrews, Taurus was the first constellation in their zodiac and consequently it was represented by the first letter in their alphabet, Aleph. In Greek mythology, Taurus was identified with Zeus, who assumed the form of a magnificent white bull to abduct Europa, a legendary Phoenician princess. In illustrations of Greek mythology, only"
"Pi3 Orionis Pi³ Orionis (π³ Orionis, abbreviated Pi³ Ori, π³ Ori), also named Tabit, is a star in the equatorial constellation of Orion. At an apparent visual magnitude of 3.16, it is readily visible to the naked eye and is the brightest star in the lion's hide (or shield) that Orion is holding. As measured using the parallax technique, it is distant from the Sun. ""π³ Orionis"" (Latinised to ""Pi³ Orionis"") is the system's Bayer designation. It bore the traditional name of ""Tabit"". In 2016, the IAU organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper"
"their breath. This refers (or, at least, is referred) to the beginning of the book of the prophet Isaiah, where he says: ""The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib."" (Isaiah 1:3) Taurus (Latin for ""the Bull"") is one of the constellations of the zodiac, which means it is crossed by the plane of the ecliptic. Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the northern hemisphere's winter sky. It is one of the oldest constellations, dating back to at least the Early Bronze Age when it marked the location of the Sun during the spring equinox."
"Pi Tauri Pi Tauri (π Tauri) is a solitary, yellow-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. With an apparent visual magnitude of +4.69, it is bright enough to be visible to the naked eye. Although it appears to lie among the stars of the Hyades cluster, it is not itself a member, being three times farther from Earth than the cluster. The distance to this star, as determined using an annual parallax shift of 7.83 mas as seen from the Earth, is around 420 light years. At that range, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an"
"the oldest depictions shows the bull standing before the goddess' standard; since it has 3 stars depicted on its back (the cuneiform sign for ""star-constellation""), there is good reason to regard this as the constellation later known as Taurus. The same iconic representation of the Heavenly Bull was depicted in the Dendera zodiac, an Egyptian bas-relief carving in a ceiling that depicted the celestial hemisphere using a planisphere. In these ancient cultures, the orientation of the horns was portrayed as upward or backward. This differed from the later Greek depiction where the horns pointed forward. To the Egyptians, the constellation"
"major names for the brightest star in Taurus; the proper name Aldebaran and the scientific names, Alpha Taurind and 87 Tauri. Any of these three names can be used for the brightest star in Taurus but present day astronomers prefer to use the latter two scientific names. Due to their enormous popularity, a remnant of bright stars retained their original Greek or Latin names, surviving the mass invasion of Arabic names. Examples include Sirius (Greek for ""searing"" or ""scorching""), Arcturus (Greek for ""Guardian of the Bear""), Capella (Latin for ""Little She-goat""), and Spica (Latin for ""Ear of Grain""). Examples of"
"remain in use, likely because of their proximity to the north celestial pole. Within the constellation's borders, there are 39 stars brighter than or equal to apparent magnitude 6.5. Marking the Little Bear's tail, Polaris, or Alpha Ursae Minoris, is the brightest star in the constellation, varying between apparent magnitude 1.97 and 2.00 over a period of 3.97 days. Located around 432 light-years away from Earth, it is a yellow-white supergiant that varies between spectral types F7Ib and F8Ib, and has around 6 times the Sun's mass, 2,500 times its luminosity and 45 times its radius. Polaris is the brightest"
"Antares Antares (), also designated Alpha Scorpii (α Scorpii, abbreviated Alpha Sco, α Sco), is on average the fifteenth-brightest star in the night sky, and the brightest star in the constellation of Scorpius. Distinctly reddish when viewed with the naked eye, Antares is a slow irregular variable star that ranges in brightness from apparent magnitude +0.6 to +1.6. Often referred to as ""the heart of the scorpion"", Antares is flanked by Sigma and Tau Scorpii in the center of the constellation. Classified as a red supergiant of spectral type M1.5Iab-Ib, Antares is the brightest, most massive, and most evolved stellar"
"with the constellation Orion, the Greek myths tell of Maia and her sisters being pursued by the giant huntsman, and turned into doves to preserve their safety. Maia (star) Maia, designated 20 Tauri (abbreviated 20 Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus. It is the fourth-brightest star in the Pleiades open star cluster (M45), after Alcyone, Atlas and Electra, in that order. Maia is a blue giant of spectral type B8 III, and a mercury-manganese star. Maia's visual magnitude is 3.871, requiring darker skies to be seen. Its total bolometric luminosity is 660 times solar, mostly in the"
"the antipodal point of Aldebaran's coordinates, at , in the constellation Ophiuchus. It would be a faint 6.4 magnitude star, dimmer than Uranus seen from Earth at 5.38. Aldebaran Aldebaran, designated Alpha Tauri (α Tauri, abbreviated Alpha Tau, α Tau), is an orange giant star located about 65 light-years from the Sun in the zodiac constellation Taurus. It is the brightest star in its constellation and usually the fourteenth-brightest star in the night sky, though it varies slowly in brightness between magnitude 0.75 and 0.95. Aldebaran hosts a planet several times the size of Jupiter￼, named Aldebaran b. The planetary"
"118.10 arc seconds along a position angle of 25°, as of 2001. Phi Tauri Phi Tauri (φ Tauri) is a solitary, orange-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.96, which indicates the star is faintly visible to the naked eye. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 10.16 mas as seen from Earth, it is located roughly 321 light years distant from the Sun. At that distance, the visual magnitude of the star is diminished by an extinction factor of 0.27 due to interstellar dust. This is an evolved, K-type giant star"
"ancient origin. Taurus marked the point of vernal (spring) equinox in the Chalcolithic and the Early Bronze Age, from about 4000 BC to 1700 BC, after which it moved into the neighboring constellation Aries. The Pleiades were closest to the Sun at vernal equinox around the 23rd century BC. In Babylonian astronomy, the constellation was listed in the MUL.APIN as , ""The Bull of Heaven"". As this constellation marked the vernal equinox, it was also the first constellation in the Babylonian zodiac and they described it as ""The Bull in Front"". The Akkadian name was ""Alu"". In the Old Babylonian"
"Canopus Canopus (), also designated Alpha Carinae (α Carinae, abbreviated Alpha Car, α Car), is the brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina, and the second-brightest star in the night sky, after Sirius. Canopus's visual magnitude is −0.74, and it has an absolute magnitude of −5.71. Canopus is a bright giant of spectral type A9, so it is essentially white when seen with the naked eye. It is located in the far southern sky, at a year 2000 declination of and a right ascension of . Its name is generally considered to originate from the mythological Canopus, who was"
"Omega1 Tauri Omega Tauri is a solitary, orange hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.51. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 11.22 mas as seen from Earth, it is located about 290 light years from the Sun. This is an evolved K-type giant star with a stellar classification of K2 III. At the estimated age of 4.2 billion years, it is a red clump star that is generating energy by helium fusion at its core. Omega Tauri has about 1.5 times the mass"
"of the Sun and has expanded to around 12 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 57.5 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 4,737 K. The radial velocity of this star shows no appreciable variation, and for this reason it is used as a radial velocity standard. Omega1 Tauri Omega Tauri is a solitary, orange hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +5.51. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 11.22 mas as seen from Earth, it is located"
"Sigma Tauri Sigma Tauri (σ Tauri) is the Bayer designation for a pair of white-hued stars in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. The system is a visual double star, whose components are designated σ Tauri and σ Tauri, with the latter being the more northerly star. The two are separated by 7.2 arcminutes on the sky and can be readily split with a pair of binoculars. They have apparent visual magnitudes of +5.07 and +4.70, respectively, which indicated they are both visible to the naked eye. Based upon parallax measurements, σ Tauri is about 147 light years from the Sun,"
"Containing 537 Named Stars"", ""Al Kalbain"" were the title for five stars : φ as ""Alkalbain I"", χ as ""Alkalbain II"", κ as ""Alkalbain III"", κ as ""Alkalbain IV"" and this star (υ) as ""Alkalbain V"". Upsilon Tauri Upsilon Tauri (υ Tauri) is a solitary, white-hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, and is a member of the Hyades star cluster. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.28. Based upon an annual parallax shift of 21.21 mas as seen from Earth, it is located around 154 light years from the Sun."
"Omicron Tauri Omicron Tauri (ο Tau, ο Tauri) is a star in the constellation Taurus. Omicron Tauri is a yellow G-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +3.61. This star has three times the mass of the Sun and fifteen to eighteen times the Sun's radius. Based on the latter, interferometry-measured radius, it is rotating once every 533 days. It is approximately 212 light years from Earth and is radiating 155 times the luminosity of the Sun. This is a single-lined spectroscopic binary system with the two components orbiting each other over a period of 1,655 days with an eccentricity"
"Taurus Poniatovii Taurus Poniatovii (Latin for ""Poniatowski's bull"") was a constellation created by the former rector of Vilnius University, Marcin Odlanicki Poczobutt, in 1777 to honor Stanislaus Poniatowski, king of Poland. It consisted of stars that are today considered part of Ophiuchus and Aquila. It is no longer in use. It was wedged in between Ophiuchus, Aquila and Serpens Cauda. A depiction of the constellation can be found on the wall of the Vilnius University Astronomical Observatory. The stars were picked for the resemblance of their arrangement to the Hyades group which form the ""head"" of Taurus. Before the definition"
"could easily orbit in the habitable zone without any complications caused by a gravitationally perturbing body. Pi3 Orionis Pi³ Orionis (π³ Orionis, abbreviated Pi³ Ori, π³ Ori), also named Tabit, is a star in the equatorial constellation of Orion. At an apparent visual magnitude of 3.16, it is readily visible to the naked eye and is the brightest star in the lion's hide (or shield) that Orion is holding. As measured using the parallax technique, it is distant from the Sun. ""π³ Orionis"" (Latinised to ""Pi³ Orionis"") is the system's Bayer designation. It bore the traditional name of ""Tabit"". In"
"Omega2 Tauri Omega Tauri is a solitary, white hued star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It has an apparent visual magnitude of +4.9, which is bright enough to be seen with the naked eye at night. The distance to this system, as determined using an annual parallax shift of 34.55 mas as seen from the Earth, is about 94 light years. This is a young Am star with an age of around 100 million years and a stellar classification of A3m. It displays an infrared excess emission, indicating the presence of an orbiting debris disk with a mean temperature"