The very beautiful and spectacular constellation Taurus has been known to people for a very long time, many centuries before the new era. It was found in the night sky by scientists in Ancient Egypt and Babylon, associating it with the head of a bull. However, experts believe that only astronomer and mathematician Eudoxus of Cnidus, who lived in Ancient Greece, described him first. It enters the zodiac belt and amazes with its beauty. For astronomers, the constellation Taurus is an extremely interesting phenomenon that contains a lot of interesting things.
The name of the constellation came to us not from anywhere, but from Ancient Greece. One of her most interesting myths says that King Agenor, who had three sons and a daughter, Europe, once ruled in Phenicia. She was considered the most beautiful girl on the whole Earth and was second only to the goddesses in charms. Once the beauty was noticed by the thunderer Zeus. Turning into a snow-white bull, he abducted lovely Europe and brought it to the island of Crete. The abducted princess eventually became the beloved of the deity and even gave him sons, one of which was the legendary king Minos. The myth says that beautiful Europe was very kind, always helped people and loved them. In gratitude, subjects named her one part of the world.
One of the most noteworthy objects are clusters of stars called Hyades and Pleiades. The Pleiades, which are an open cluster, are sometimes called seven sisters, because even ordinary people in a silver cloud can clearly see six or even seven stars shining in the shape of a small bucket. There are about five hundred stars in the Pleiades, and they are all blue and shrouded in a blue nebula of dust and gas.
As for the Hyada, this scattered collection of stars is even closer to the Earth, only a hundred and thirty light-years away, and consists of 132 stars. I must say that this is the closest cluster to the Sun. Well, on the very eastern edge of the cluster, a reddish star in the constellation Taurus Aldebaran or, as it is also called, the "ox's eye" shines, sometimes changing its brightness.
This bright star has long attracted the eyes of people. Another very interesting object, which is famous for the constellation Taurus, is the so-called Crab Nebula. This name is due to the fact that the galactic nebula does somewhat resemble the crab shell. This is a trace after a supernova explosion that took place in the 11th century. I must say that there are sources of mention of this event: Japanese and Chinese astronomers, like their European colleagues, observed and described the flash of an unusually bright star. This nebula is located right on the Milky Way, and from time to time emits electromagnetic pulses with its pulsar.
It is very easy to find the constellation Taurus in the night sky, because for this there are excellent landmarks: the luminous Pleiades bucket and the reddish-orange Aldebaran. A little to the east of this star, the constellation Gemini shines, and on the south side the beautiful Orion flickers. Our luminary on May 11 comes to the constellation Taurus, then the photos are very interesting. Well, to observe this object is best in late autumn - in November and December.
