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  • M6 - Butterfly Cluster

    Object image

    M6, by Ole Nielsen (cc by-sa)

    Object image source

    Ole Nielsen

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    cc-by-sa
  • M44 - Beehive Cluster

    Object image

    M44, 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
  • M45 - Pleiades

    Object image

    M45 Pleiades, by Bob Star, NJNS Star Party (cc-by)

    Object image source

    Bob Star, NJNS Star Party

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    cc-by

    Like bright jewels on the back of Taurus sit the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, a tiny cluster of brilliant bluish stars. Most people can see 6 stars, but in antiquity 7 were visible. With binoculars or a telescope you can see many more.

    Tennyson wrote:

    Many a night I saw the Pleiades
    rising thro’ the mellow shade,
    Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies
    tangled in a silver braid.

    In Middle Earth, the Pleiades were known as Remmirath (the Netted Stars). (Rachel Folmar)

  • M7 - Ptolemy Cluster

    Object image

    M7, Bill Christie, Ice in Space

    Object image source

    Bill Christie, Ice In Space

    Permission

    cc-by-sa
  • M11 - Wild Duck Cluster

    Object image

    M11, NASA, Hubble Space Telescope, WikiSky

    Object image source

    NASA, Hubble Space Telescope, WikiSky

    Permission

    Public domain
  • 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
  • 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
  • M26

    Object image

    M26, 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

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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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