Taurus (constellation)
| Constellation | |
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| Abbreviation | Tau[1][2] |
|---|---|
| Genitive | Tauri[1] |
| Pronunciation | |
| Seembolism | the Bull[1] |
| Richt ascension | 4.9[4] h |
| Declination | 19[4]° |
| Quadrant | NQ1 |
| Aurie | 797 sq. deg. (17t) |
| Main starns | 19 |
| Bayer/Flamsteed stars | 132 |
| Starns wi planets | 7 candidates[lower-alpha 1] |
| Starns brichter than 3.00m | 4 |
| Starns within 10.00 pc (32.62 ly) | 1[lower-alpha 2] |
| Brichtest starn | Aldebaran (α Tau) (0.85m) |
| Nearest starn |
Gliese 176 (30.72 ly, 9.42 pc) |
| Messier objects | 2 |
| Meteor showers | |
| Borderin constellations | |
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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.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "The constellations". IAU. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ↑ Russell, Henry Norris (1922). "The new international symbols for the constellations". Popular Astronomy. 30: 469. Bibcode:1922PA.....30..469R.
- ↑ "Taurus". Merriam-Webster Online. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 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. Unkent parameter
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