Taurus (constellation)

Taurus
	Constellation
	Leet o starns in Taurus
Abbreviation	Tau
Genitive	Tauri
Pronunciation	/ˈtɔːrəs/ TOR-əs; genitive /ˈtɔːraɪ/ TOR-eye;
Seembolism	the Bull
Richt ascension	4.9 h
Declination	19°
Quadrant	NQ1
Aurie	797 sq. deg. (17t)
Main starns	19
Bayer/Flamsteed; stars	132
Starns wi planets	7 candidates
Starns brichter than 3.00m	4
Starns within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly)	1
Brichtest starn	Aldebaran (α Tau) (0.85m)
Nearest starn	Gliese 176; (30.72 ly, 9.42 pc)
Messier objects	2
Meteor showers	Taurids; Beta Taurids;
Borderin; constellations	Auriga; Perseus; Aries; Cetus; Eridanus; Orion; Gemini;
	Veesible at latitudes atween +90° an −65°.; Best veesible at 21:00 (9 p.m.) durin the month o Januar.

Taurus is ane o the constellations o the zodiac, which means it is crossed bi the plane o the ecliptic. Its name is a Laitin wird meanin "bull", an its astrological seembol is a stylized bull's heid: (Unicode ♉). Taurus is a lairge an prominent constellation in the northren hemisphere's winter sky. It is ane o the auldest constellations, datin back tae at least the Early Bronze Age when it marked the location o the Sun durin the ware equinox. Taurus came tae seembolize the bull in the meethologies o Auncient Babylon, Egyp an Greece.

Thare are a nummer o featurs o interest tae astronomers. Taurus hosts twa o the nearest open clusters tae Yird, the Pleiades an the Hyades, baith o which are veesible tae the naked ee. At first magnitude, the reid giant Aldebaran is the brichtest starn in the constellation. In the northwast pairt o Taurus is the supernova remnant Messier 1, mair commonly kent as the Crab Nebula. Ane o the closest regions o active starn formation, the Taurus-Auriga complex, crosses intae the northren pairt o the constellation. The variable starn T Tauri is the prototype o a class o pre-main-sequence starns.

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↑ Starns wi candidate extrasolar planets: Epsilon Tauri, Gliese 176, HD 24040, HD 37124, 2M J044144, LkCa 15, an HD 28678.
↑ This is Gliese 176.

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↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The constellations". IAU. Retrieved 9 Februar 2010.
↑ Russell, Henry Norris (1922). "The new international symbols for the constellations". Popular Astronomy. 30: 469. Bibcode:1922PA.....30..469R.
↑ "Taurus". Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved 9 Februar 2010.
↑ ^a ^b Schaefer, Bradley E. (2002). "The latitude and epoch for the formation of the southern Greek constellations". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 33 (113): 313–350. Bibcode:2002JHA....33..313S. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

Coordinates: 04^h 00^m 00^s, +15° 00′ 00″

[planets-5] Starns wi candidate extrasolar planets: Epsilon Tauri, Gliese 176, HD 24040, HD 37124, 2M J044144, LkCa 15, an HD 28678.

[gl176-6] This is Gliese 176.

[iau-1] "The constellations". IAU. Retrieved 9 Februar 2010.

[pa30_469-2] Russell, Henry Norris (1922). "The new international symbols for the constellations". Popular Astronomy. 30: 469. Bibcode:1922PA.....30..469R.

[merriam-webster-3] "Taurus". Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved 9 Februar 2010.

[jha33_113_313-4] Schaefer, Bradley E. (2002). "The latitude and epoch for the formation of the southern Greek constellations". Journal for the History of Astronomy. 33 (113): 313–350. Bibcode:2002JHA....33..313S. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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