Taurus
About Taurus
The Bull. Aldebaran is the red eye of the bull, 44 times the diameter of the Sun. The Pleiades or Seven Sisters is the most famous star cluster, visible to the naked eye. The Hyades is the nearest open star cluster to Earth. The Crab Nebula M1 is the remnant of a supernova observed by Chinese astronomers in 1054 AD. Taurus is one of the oldest recognized constellations, known since the Bronze Age.
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