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TrA - Triangulum Australe the Southern Triangle

  • Aps - Apus the Bird of Paradise

    IAU Constellation
    Aps - Apus the Bird of Paradise

    Size

    67 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Circumpolar (southern)
    Southern
  • Ara - Ara the Altar

    IAU Constellation
    Ara - Ara the Altar

    Size

    63 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Southern
  • Cir - Circinus the Drafting Compasses (35)

    IAU Constellation
    Cir - Circinus the Drafting Compass

    Size

    85 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Southern
    Circumpolar (southern)
  • Nor - Norma the Carpenter's Square

    IAU Constellation
    Nor - Norma the Carpenter's Square

    Size

    74 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Southern
  • TrA - Triangulum Australe the Southern Triangle

    IAU Constellation
    TrA - Triangulum Australe the Southern Triangle

    Size

    83 of 88
    Astronomical Regions
    Southern
    Circumpolar (southern)
  • Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Southern stars

    Image

    Bayer-1661-49-Aaa-south

    Clockwise from top center: Pavo, Apis, Triangulum Australe, Musca, Chamaeleon, Volans, Dorado, Nubecula Major, Phoenix (left margin), Grus (outside upper left), Indus (left of Pavo), Tucana (below Grus), Hydrus (below Tucana, near center), and Nubecula Minor (just under Hydrus). 

  • Bayer, Uranometria (1661): Triangulum Australe

    Image

    Bayer-1661-49-south-Tri
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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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