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Sgr - Sagittarius the Archer

  • M8 - Lagoon Nebula

    Object image

    M8, Lagoon Nebula, by Hewholooks (cc by-sa)

    Object image source

    Wikipedia, by Hewholooks
    Permission
    GNU Free Documentation License

  • M17 - Swan Nebula

    Object image

    M17, European Southern Observatory (ESO), ISAAC near-infrared instrument at the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope at Paranal

    Object image source

    European Southern Observatory (ESO), ISAAC; VLT ANTU, Paranal
    Permission
    cc-by-sa

  • M20 - Trifid Nebula

    Object image

    M20 Trifid Nebula, NASA, Hubble Space Telescope

    Object image source

    Hubble Space Telescope, NASA
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M22 - Sagittarius Cluster

    Object image

    M22 by Hewholooks, Wikipedia

    Object image source

    Wikipedia - Hewholooks
    Permission
    cc-by-sa

  • Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Sagittarius

    Image

    UM-1825-Sagittarius

    Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Sagittarius, Corona Australis

  • M18

    Object image

    M18, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M21

    Object image

    M21, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    M21, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M23

    Object image

    M23, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M24 - Sagittarius Star Cloud

    Object image

    M24, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
    Permission
    Public domain

  • M25

    Object image

    M25, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

    Object image source

    Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF
    Permission
    Public domain

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Tau - Taurus the Bull

IAU Constellation
Tau - Taurus the Bull

Size

17 of 88
Astronomical Regions
Zodiac
Northern
Equatorial

Intro and Visual description

Taurus the Bull is easily spotted. Its head is the Hyades, a V-shaped cluster of stars. His horns point outward from the V. Aldebaran is the red eye of the Bull as he charges down upon us.

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Kerry Magruder, Brent Purkaple, and Aja Tolman, editors, "The Sky Tonight: Cultural Archaeology of the Stars" (December 21, 2019 - ongoing), skytonight.org.


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