Very beautiful and spectacular Taurus known to people long ago, many centuries before the new era.It is found in the night sky even scientists in ancient Egypt and Babylon, associating it with a bull's head.However, experts believe that the very first described it only astronomer and mathematician Eudoxus of Cnidus, who lived in ancient Greece.It is part of the belt of the zodiac, and is striking in its beauty.For astronomers Taurus is a very curious phenomenon that contains a lot of interesting things.
constellation name came to us from anywhere, and from ancient Greece.One of its most interesting myths states that once ruled the Phoenician king Agenor in, who had three sons and a daughter Europe.She was considered the most beautiful girl in the whole world, and inferior to the charms of a goddess.Once noticed the beauty of Thunder Zeus.Turning around a snow-white bull, he kidnapped the lovely Europe and brought her to the island of Crete.Kidnapped Princess eventually became beloved deity, and even gave him sons, one of whom was the legendary King Minos.Myth has it that the beautiful Europe differ very good character, I have always helped people and loved them.In gratitude, the subjects called her the name of one of the light.
One of the most remarkable objects are clusters of stars called the Hyades and the Pleiades.Pleiades open cluster are sometimes called the seven sisters also, because even the common people in a silver cloud can clearly see six or seven stars shining in the form of a small bucket.Number of stars in the Pleiades about five hundred, all of them wrapped in blue and a blue nebula of dust and gas.
As for the Hyades, this scattered collection of stars is even closer to the Earth, just some one hundred and thirty light years and consists of 132 bodies.I must say that it is the nearest to the Sun Cluster.Well, at the eastern edge of the cluster shining, sometimes changing its luster, reddish star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus or, as it is called, "ox eye".
This is a bright star has long attracted the eyes of the people.Another very interesting object, which is famous for the constellation Taurus, is the so-called the Crab Nebula.The name is due to the fact that the galactic nebula really is somewhat reminiscent of a crab shell.This trail after a supernova explosion that took place in the 11th century.I must say that the sources mention of this event is: Japanese and Chinese astronomers, like their European colleagues, have seen and described the outbreak of unusually bright star.This nebula is located directly on the Milky Way, and at times its pulsar emits electromagnetic pulses.
Find in the night sky constellation Taurus is very easy to do because there are excellent targets: the Pleiades, and the ladle glowing red-orange Aldebaran.To the east of this star shining constellation of Gemini, and the south side shimmers beautiful Orion.Our light comes on May 11 in the constellation Taurus, the photos then get very interesting.Well, watch this object is best in late autumn - in November and December.
