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Taurus (abbr. Tau, gen. Tauri)
The constellation of the Bull. Tauris is a large northern constellation and the second sign of the zodiac, lying northwest of Orion and south of Auriga and Perseus. Within its boundaries lie the Crab Nebula, the Hyades, and the Pleiades. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars.
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| Taurus. © 2003 Torsten Bronger.
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| Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | Visual mag. |
Abs. mag. |
Spectral type |
Distance (lt-yr) |
R.A. (h m s) | Dec. ( ° ' '' ) |
| Alpha (Aldebaran) | 0.87 | -0.64 | K5III | 65 | 04 35 55 | +16 30 33 |
| Beta (Alnath) | 1.65 | -1.37 | B7III | 131 | 05 26 18 | +28 36 27 |
| Eta (Alcyone in Pleiades) | 2.85 | -2.41 | B7III | 368 | 03 47 29 | +24 06 18 |
| Zeta (Alheka) | 2.97 | -2.57 | B4III | 417 | 05 37 39 | +21 08 33 |
| Lambda | 3.41v | -1.87 | B3V | 370 | 04 00 41 | +12 29 25 |
| Theta2 (in Hyades) | 3.40 | -0.33 | A7III | 158 | 04 28 40 | +15 52 15 |
| Epsilon (Ain in Hyades) | 3.53 | 0.14 | K0III | 155 | 04 28 37 | +19 10 49 |
| Omicron | 3.61 | -0.45 | G8III | 212 | 03 24 49 | +09 01 44 |
| 27 (Atlas in Pleiades) | 3.62 | -1.72 | B8III | 381 | 03 49 10 | +24 03 12 |
| Gamma (Hyadum Primus in Hya) | 3.65 | 0.28 | G8III | 154 | 04 19 48 | +15 37 39 |
| 17 Electra (Pleiades) | 3.72 | -1.56 | B6II | 371 | 03 44 53 | +24 06 48 |
| Xi | 3.73 | -0.44 | B9Vp | 222 | 03 27 10 | +09 43 58 |
| Delta1 (Hyades) | 3.77 | 0.41 | G8III | 153 | 04 22 56 | +17 32 33 |
| Theta1 (Hyades) | 3.84 | 0.41 | G7III | 158 | 04 28 34 | +15 57 44 |
| 20 Maia (Pleiades) | 3.96 | -1.37 | B9V | 378 | 19 22 38 | -44 27 32 |
| Nu | 3.91 | 0.92 | A1V | 129 | 04 03 09 | +05 59 21 |
| Taygeta (Pleiades) | 4.30 | -0.99 | B6V | 373 | 03 45 12 | +24 28 02 |
| Merope (Pleiades) | 4.14 | -1.07 | B6IV | 359 | 03 46 20 | +23 56 54 |
| Pleione (Pleiades) | 5.05v | -0.33 | B7Vp | 387 | 03 49 11 | +24 08 12 |
| Constellations |
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