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This constellation includes part of the Taurus-Auriga complex, or Taurus dark clouds, a star-forming region containing sparse, filamentary clouds of gas and dust. This spans a diameter of 98 light-years (30 parsecs ) and contains 35,000 solar masses of material, which is both larger and less massive than the Orion Nebula . [ 34 ]
The constellation of Taurus the Bull is situated in the night sky near Orion — and the personality of Taurus is found within this constellation. While bulls can be powerful, they also like ...
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Taurus, sorted by decreasing brightness. Name B F G. Var HD HIP RA Dec vis. mag. abs. mag. Dist. Sp. class Notes
Alcyone / æ l ˈ s aɪ ə n iː /, [11] designated η Tauri (Eta Tauri, abbreviated Eta Tau, η Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus.Approximately 440 light-years from the Sun, it is the brightest star in the Pleiades open cluster, which is a young cluster, around 100 million years old.
Taurus is a large and prominent constellation in the Northern Hemisphere's winter sky. It is one of the oldest constellations, dating back to the Early Bronze Age at least, when it marked the location of the Sun during the spring equinox .
Theta Tauri (θ Tauri, abbreviated Theta Tau, θ Tau) is a wide double star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Hyades open cluster. θ Tauri is composed of two 3rd magnitude stars, designated Theta 1 Tauri (Theta Tauri B) and Theta 2 Tauri (Theta Tauri A). Theta² is brighter, hence the pair are sometimes referred to as Theta ...
Aldebaran (Arabic: الدَّبَران, lit. 'The Follower') (Proto-Semitic *dVbr-“bee”) is a star located in the zodiac constellation of Taurus.It has the Bayer designation α Tauri, which is Latinized to Alpha Tauri and abbreviated Alpha Tau or α Tau.
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". [13]