Taurus
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Taurus is a prominent zodiac constellation in the northern sky, symbolized as a bull and known for containing the bright star Aldebaran and the Pleiades star cluster.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | constellation ⓘ |
| adjacentConstellation |
Aries
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Auriga NERFINISHED ⓘ Cetus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eridanus NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini NERFINISHED ⓘ Lepus NERFINISHED ⓘ Orion NERFINISHED ⓘ Perseus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithMythology |
Egyptian mythology
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greek mythology ⓘ Mesopotamian mythology ⓘ |
| belongsToFamily | Zodiac family of constellations ⓘ |
| brightestStar | Aldebaran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsNebula | Crab Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsOpenCluster |
NGC 1514
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
NGC 1647 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 1746 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 1807 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 1817 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStar |
Ain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Alcyone NERFINISHED ⓘ Aldebaran NERFINISHED ⓘ Atlas NERFINISHED ⓘ Celaeno NERFINISHED ⓘ Electra NERFINISHED ⓘ Elnath NERFINISHED ⓘ Lambda Tauri NERFINISHED ⓘ Maia NERFINISHED ⓘ Merope NERFINISHED ⓘ Pleione NERFINISHED ⓘ Taygeta NERFINISHED ⓘ Theta Tauri NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeta Tauri NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsStarCluster |
Hyades
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pleiades NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containsSupernovaRemnant | Crab Nebula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| declination | about +15 degrees ⓘ |
| etymology | Latin for "bull" ⓘ |
| hasIAUAbbreviation | Tau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasIAUGenitive | Tauri ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northern sky ⓘ |
| name | Taurus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | zodiac ⓘ |
| rightAscension | about 4 hours ⓘ |
| symbolism | Bull ⓘ |
| visibleBest | northern winter ⓘ |
| zodiacSignOrder | second ⓘ |
Referenced by (29)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Zodiac of Dendera