Taurus Defined

Abbreviation: Tau

Genitive: Tauri

Translation: The Bull

Right Ascension: 4 hours

Declination: 15 degrees

Visible between latitudes 90 and -65 degrees

Best seen in January (at 9:00 PM)

This is one of the 13 constellations of the Zodiac.

Taurus is one of the many animals hunted by Orion, the Hunter.

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