Taurus

Mythology

There are three myths about Taurus:

In Egypt the god Osiris is associated, which was represented by a bull-god, and his sister Isis, goddess represented by a cow. The crescent moon as it crossed the constellation formed horns.

In Greece tells the amorous adventures of Zeus: Io, transformed into a cow by Hera,and Europe, seduced by Zeus on a beach, dressed white bull. At the very momentwhen Europe goes to the back of the bull, it crosses the ocean and takes her toCrete, where has it.

The Romans identified the bull with Bacchus. During the Bacchanalia, a bull gotcovered with flowers escort the young dancers representing the clusters of the Pleiades and the Hyades.

The position of Taurus, near the Ecuador sky, allows observation from anywhere in the world, except from an Antarctic region, which partially obscures. From the northern hemisphere winter in the tropics, is shown in its most magnificent.

Its height is between late November and early December. And I recommend to seethis constellation if we could with binoculars, because wherever you look has nowaste.

Note that in this constellation is one of the most famous nebulae that exist, or better known as M1 Crab Nebula, which are remnants of a supernova (exploding star)observed in 1054.

Stars:

Aldebaran (α Tau)

Elnathan (β Tau)

Alcyone (η Tau)

ζ Tau

Tau2 θ2