Taurus TOR us The Bull
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
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Aldebaran
al DEB er on
"the follower"
Alpha Tauri
4h 35' 55.2
+16° 30' 33 		65 0.87
13
K5 III Orange Red Giant
1 Faint Companion 		Adjacent to
but not part of
The Hyades
El Nath
"the butting one"
Beta Tauri
5h 26' 17.5
+28° 36' 27 		131 1.65 B7 III Blue Giant Often Considered
part of Auriga
Tip of Northern Horn
Zeta Tauri 5h 37' 38.6
+21° 8' 33 		420 2.97 B4III Blue
Giant 		Tip of Southern Horn
Lambda Tauri 4h 0' 40.8
+12° 29' 25 		370 3.41 B3V
A4IV 		Blue Main Seq
Blue White Sub Giant
Mu Tauri 4h 15' 32
+8° 53' 32 		430 4.27 B3IV Blue
Sub Giant
Nu Tauri 4h 3' 9.3
+5° 59' 22 		129 3.01 A1V Blue White
Main Sequence
Psi Tauri 4h 7' 0.4
+29° 0' 5 		90 5.21 F1V White
Main Sequence
5 Tauri 3h 30' 52.3
+12° 56' 12 		360 4.14 K0II-III Orange
Bright Giant
10 Tauri 3h 36' 52.3
+0° 24' 6 		45 4.29 F9V White
Main Sequence
39 Tauri 4h 5' 20.2
+22° 0' 32 		55 5.90 G5V Yellow
Main Sequence
104 Tauri 5h 7' 27
+18° 38' 42 		52 4.91 G4V Yellow
Main Sequence
111 Tauri 5h 24' 25.4
+17° 23' 0 		48 5.0 F8V White
Main Sequence
The Hyades HIGH uh deez The Nymphs
Gamma Tauri 4h 19' 47.5
+15° 37' 39 		154 3.65 G8III Yellow Giant Vertex of the V
of the Hyades

Dela 1 Tauri
Dela 2 Tauri
Dela 3 Tauri 		4h 22' 56
+17° 32' 33 		153 3.77 G8III Yellow
Giant
4h 24' 5.7
+17° 26' 38 		148 4.80 A7V Blue White
Main Sequence
4h 25' 29.3
+17° 55' 41 		148 4.30 A2IV Blue White
Sub Giant
Ain
"bull's eye"
Epsilon Tauri
4h 28' 36.9
+19° 10' 49 		155 3.53 K0 III Orange Giant Opposite Aldebaran
in the V of Hyades
Theta 1 Tauri 4h 28' 34.4
+15° 57' 44 		158 3.84 G7III Yellow
Giant 		possible wide
orbital binary
Theta 2 Tauri 4h 28' 39.7
+15° 52' 15 		149 3.40 A7III Blue White
Giant
Sigma 1 Tauri
Sigma 1 Tauri 		4h 39' 9.2
+15° 47' 59 		152 5.08 A4 Blue White
Main Sequence
4h 39' 16.4
+15° 55' 5 		159 4.67 A5V Blue White
Main Sequence
Pi Tauri 4h 26' 36.4
+14° 42' 49 		450 4.69 G7III Yellow
Giant
The Pleiades PLEE uh deez The 7 Sisters
Star Name Coords. Dist.(ly) Mag. Spect. Type of Star Features, etc.
Alcyone
Eta Tauri
3h 47' 29
+24° 6' 18 		370 2.85 B7III Blue
Giant 		Brightest star
of the Pleiades
Celaeno
16 Tauri
3h 44' 48.1
+24° 17' 22 		370 5.45 B7IV Blue
Sub Giant 		M 45

Stellar Nursery
about 415 ly away
an
excellent example
of how some stars
are likely formed
and
one of the most
beautiful naked
eye objects
in the sky.

Appearing as
a Tiny Dipper,
most people can
make out five or six,
but it actually contains
hundreds of baby stars
9 of which are named
- the Seven Sisters
and their parents
- from Greek
Mythology.

The entire cluster
is enveloped in
a faint blue nebulosity,
the remains of the cloud
from which they formed.
Electra
17 Tauri
3h 44' 52.5
+24° 6' 48 		330 3.72 B6III Blue
Giant
18 Tauri 3h 45' 9.7
+24° 50' 21 		370 5.66 B8V Blue
Main Sequence
Taygeta
19 Tauri
3h 45' 12.4
+24° 28' 2 		370 4.30 B6V Blue
Main Sequence
Maia
20 Tauri
3h 45' 49.5
+24° 22' 4 		360 3.87 B8III Blue
Giant

Asterope
21 Tauri
3h 45' 54.3
+24° 33' 17 		390 5.76 B8V Blue
Main Sequence
22 Tauri 3h 46' 2.8
+24° 31' 41 		350 6.43 A0V Blue
Main Sequence
Merope
23 Tauri
3h 46' 19.5
+23° 56' 54 		360 4.18 B6IV Blue
Sub Giant

Atlas
The Father
27 Tauri
3h 49' 9.7
+24° 3' 12 		380 3.62 B8III Blue
Giant
Pleione
The Mother
BU (28) Tauri
3h 49' 11.1
+24' 8' 12 		390 5.05 B8V Blue
Main Sequence