Celestial Atlas
Sextans <—     Taurus: The Bull     —> Telescopium
(possessive form Tauri, abbreviation Tau)
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Constellations Bordering Taurus
(tba)

Taurus is one of the 48 ancient constellations recorded by Ptolemy.

Illustration of Taurus
From Bayer's 1603 Uranometria
(Image Credit and © Tartu Observatory Virtual Museum; used by permission)
Portion of Bayer's Uranometria showing the region near Taurus
The horizontal bands across the middle represent the Ecliptic (marked in degrees) and the Zodiac

Map of Taurus
Modified version of Wikimedia Commons map by Torsten Bronger


Stars in Taurus

     Stars which have common names often have multiple names, so the common names shown (if any) cannot be considered authoritative. Right ascension and declination are given in 2000.0 coordinates.

α Tau (Aldebaran)

β Tau (El Nath = Alnath)

γ Tau

δ Tau

ε Tau


Objects of Interest
M1 (= NGC 1952 = The Crab Nebula) -- An 8th-magnitude supernova remnant (RA 05 34 32, Dec +22 00 52)

Celestial Atlas
Sextans <—     Taurus: The Bull     —> Telescopium