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| | Zodiac Mythology |
 | | Libra is one of the constellations of the zodiac associated with Themis, the Greek goddess of justice whose attribute was a pair of scales. | | | Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac, which is entered by the sun on or about April 20th. | | | It is one of the twelve constellations to make the Zodiac, the most distinctive aspect of Sagittarius is the group of stars within it, which look like a teapot, complete with spout and handle. |
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http://www.rrtearoom.com/horoscope/mythology.htm
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| | Constellation Taurus |
| | Taurus was the first sign of the Zodiac. | | | To the Hebrews the constellation was known as Aleph, the first letter of their alphabet. | | | Many know this beautiful grouping of stars as the Seven Sisters. |
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http://www.eastbayastro.org/articles/lore/taurus.htm
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| | Constellation Taurus |
| | So for many centuries Taurus was to be the first and most important constellation of the Zodiac. | | | At this time in history, roughly around 4000 B.C., the Sun's position along the Zodiac on the first day of spring, or Vernal Equinox, was in that constellation we now recognize as Taurus, the Bull. | | | It was also a time when the River Nile gently overflowed its banks and brought life-giving water to the land, a time for planting to begin. |
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http://www.coldwater.k12.mi.us/lms/planetarium/myth/taurus.html
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| | Taurus and Pleiades (Star Chart) |
| | The constellation of Taurus, The Bull, has the same meaning in every language which is a great beast, a bull or ox, with his head lowered and his horns pointed forward. | | | In Taurus the better-known group of "maidens" is the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, a small but very noticeable cluster of stars on the bull’s shoulder. | | | A symbol of the coming destruction of the wicked, of Christ in his judgment. |
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http://www.mazzaroth.com/InsertFour/TaurusStarChart.htm
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| | Taurus |
| | More likely Taurus represents Zeus, who took the form of a bull to abduct Europa, the beautiful daughter of King Agenor of Phoenicia, as she was bathing with her girl friends on the beach at Tyre. | | | See the mythology of the constellation Pavo for Io's story. | | | The son that resulted from their union became King Minos of Crete, who also figures in the story of Ariadne and the Minotaur. |
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http://domeofthesky.com/clicks/tau.html
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| | Taurus |
| | in Astronomy is: A constellation of the zodiac. | | | Definition 1 of 2, in Astronomy, is: A group of more than 400 stars in the constellation Taurus, six of which are visible to ordinary sight: said by the ancients to have been seven sisters, the seventh sister, Merope, the lost Pleiad, having hidden herself from shame for having loved a mortal. | | | in Astronomy is: A constellation, the Bull; also the second sign of the zodiac. |
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http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Art_Lewis/taurus.htm
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| | Taurus |
| | The Egyptians saw the constellation instead as their god Osiris while the Chinese caled it alternatively the "White Tiger" or the "Great Bridge." | | | The story went that Zeus fell in love with Europa, the daughter of Agenor who was King of Phoenica. | | | M45 The Pleiades (The Seven Sisters), or Subaru (open cluster) |
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http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Taurus.html
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| | The 12 Zodiacal Constellations and the Signs of the Zodiac |
| | For that reason, it is not actually possible to observe a zodiacal constellation in the night sky during the time its sign is dominant. | | | The 12 Zodiacal Constellations and the Signs of the Zodiac | | | For that reason, we present here the Signs of the Zodiac, the 12 Zodiacal Constellations, to give you a chance to learn more about these constellations and the beautiful myths associated with them. |
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http://www.astromax.com/con-page/con-12.htm
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| | The Constellations - Astronomy for Kids |
| | Constellations have been an important part of human society and folklore since we humans lived in caves, and, probably, even before then. | | | These stories, also known as mythology, behind the constellations can be as interesting as studying the constellations themselves. | | | This beautiful constellation is in full view in the southern sky only during the months of July, August and September, but its beauty makes it worth the wait. |
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http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/constellations
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| | Taurus Constellation |
| | The ancient name, from Arabic, means "the Follower," as the star seems to follow the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters star cluster, across the sky. | | | The famous cluster is easily visible in the evening sky during the winter months as a small grouping of bright blue stars, named after the "Seven Sisters" of Greek mythology. | | | We can see bright six or seven stars with naked eyes, and these seven go under the name "The Seven Sisters". |
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http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingmakers/Taurus.html
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| | Music of the Spheres at astrologyguild |
| | Taurus is the second constellation in the zodiacal lineup and is the ruler of the sky from April 20-21 to May 21. | | | The subtle energies of Taurus are associated with the 5th chakra, also known as the creative centre and/or the centre of the will. | | | For those in the meta- physical circles, many books have been written about the messages from the Pleiades, one of my favorites is the 'Bringers of the Dawn', by Barbara Marchiniak, which I read so many years ago, but could relate so much to what was said. |
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http://www.astrologyguild.com/dawn.htm
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| | Skyscript: Star Lore of the Constellations - Taurus the Bull |
| | The other remarkable cluster in Taurus is the Hyades, referred to as one of the most beautiful objects in the sky and frequently mentioned by classical authors on account of its beauty and reputation for bringing rain. | | | Manilius, writing in the first century AD, described Taurus as dives puellis 'rich in maidens', although he was referring to the seven Pleiades and seven Hyades, all daughters of Atlas, collectively known as the Atlanteads, which are celebrated within its form. | | | In Greek mythology they were the half-sisters of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Aethra, who were entrusted with the care of the infant Bacchus. |
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http://www.skyscript.co.uk/taurus_myth.html
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| | CountryKid On-line |
| | Sagittarius is known as the archer in the heavens. | | | Below, you'll find all twelve zodiac signs, personality traits that are supposedly describe people born under each sign and a bit of factual information about the constellation for which each sign is named. | | | Your astrological, or zodiac, sign is determined by what day of the year you were born. |
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http://www.countryroads.net/countrykid/story.cfm?story_id=158
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| | The Stories of the Constellations - Taurus |
| | The skin of the ox from which Orion was born to the childless, widower shepherd, Irieus, is also represented by Taurus. | | | Egypt: worshipped as the living symbol of Apis, the bull was a revered animal placed in the sky out of deference. | | | : the bright star within the constellation, Aldebaran, means the Follower in Arabic. |
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http://www.ufrsd.net/staffwww/stefanl/myths/taurus.htm
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| | Taurus Constellation |
| | Taurus is the second sign of the zodiac. | | | Most famous in this constellation are certainly the Pleiades (also called "Seven Sisters"), M45. | | | The Age of Taurus was approximately 6,000 years ago |
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http://www.crystalinks.com/taurus2.html
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| | Mithraism and Precession: The Tauroctony - © Dr Shepherd Simpson |
| | In fact, the first time we hear of an Age of Taurus concept is in the 20th century. | | | Astrological Ages] The idea that the most important 'mystery' of the Roman Empire's Mithra mystery religion was the end of the Age of Taurus. | | | He notes that Corvus and Crater both lay on the Celestial Equator in the Age of Taurus. |
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http://www.geocities.com/astrologyages/mithraismandprecession.htm
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| | Taurus |
| | Considering the fact that Taurus lies along the zodiac, the highway of racing planets, I am surprised that we have not yet seen a Taurus-the-car commercial that transports the automobile onto this celestial roadway. | | | Old Mediterranean constellations are great, but so are those that originated here in America, and I believe we should know them better. | | | Whereas the bull is incompletely shown in the sky (some say only his front part is there to show him partly submerged, the way he looked as he swam away with Europa), I can easily imagine seeing the outline of the entire Jemez bear. |
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http://www.clarkfoundation.org/astro-utah/vondel/taurus.html
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| | Weasner's Meade ETX Site |
| | The constellation Taurus is also key to the Greek mythology of Europa, daughter of the king Agenor, and a great Bull. | | | Indeed, many cultures throughout both time and location have worshipped through sacrifice the horned bull as a religious rite, a practice that does continue today. | | | You can access some of the most interesting objects of the sky directly from their coordinates. |
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http://www.weasner.com/etx/ref_guides/taurus.html
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| | Taurus, January Constellation |
| | Taurus is one of the most ancient constellations, having been known to peoples throughout the world since the dawn of civilisation, for the bull's strength and fertility meant that it held an honoured place in ceremony and religion. | | | In addition to the Hyades, Taurus contains the celebrated open cluster of the Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters". | | | Taurus contained the famous supernova that was seen on Earth in 1054, which gave rise to the Crab Nebula. |
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http://www.faster.co.nz/~rasnz/Stars/Taurus.htm
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| | Taurus - Astronomy for Kids |
| | This beautiful cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters is very easy to locate and is one of the objects in the sky that doesn't require sophisticated equipment to enjoy. | | | Note: All links will open in a new browser window | | | This means that you can see the Bull in the morning skies dur the late fall and in the evening skies during the winter. |
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http://www.dustbunny.com/afk/constellations/taurus
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| | Taurus |
| | It was said that one day, God came down to Earth to ask a mortal to marry him in the shape of a big and strong bull. | | | Taurus was a bull that was said to be only one form of god. | | | To the Greeks, Taurus was the god of strength. |
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http://www.longhill.org/millington/5thGrade/deMartino/taurus.htm
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| | Taurus |
| | In the fourth millenium before Christ, the ancient Akkadians recognized a band of constellations they called the Furrow of Heaven, ploughed by the Bull of Heaven, as mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh. | | | Other constellations alluded to in the Bible are Ursa Major and Orion. | | | "Why did not somebody teach me the constellations, and make me at home in the starry heavens, which are always overhead, and which I don't know to this day?" (Thomas Carlyle) |
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http://hsci.cas.ou.edu/exhibits/exhibit.php?exbgrp=3&exbid=20&exbpg=106
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| | Chandra :: Photo Album :: Constellation Taurus |
| | Not only is Taurus associated with myths from Egypt (Apis), Greece (the Minotaur, and several involving Zeus in disguise), and the Druids, but many of the celestial objects in Taurus that are visible to the naked eye were also given significance. | | | The story behind the name: The constellations that are included in the Zodiac - the 12 constellations recognized by Babylonian astronomers through which our Sun, moon, and planets appeared to travel during the course of a year - are considered to be among the oldest sky patterns recognized by human civilizations. | | | The bull figured as a symbol of strength and fertility in many of these ancient cultures, and is prominent in the mythology of almost all early civilizations. |
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http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/constellations/taurus.html
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| | MMSD: Taurus |
| | Taurus also includes the beautiful star cluster known as the Pleiades (M45, Seven Sisters). | | | In Greek mythology Taurus was known as Jupiter disguised as a bull. | | | Aldebaran is one of the eyes of the bull, and is located between the Hyades and the Earth at a distance of about 68 light years away. |
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http://www.madison.k12.wi.us/planetarium/const27.htm
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| | Taurus: Heavenly Properties |
| | Also referred to in mythology as the Atlantides and in astrological terms as Messier 45, the Pleiades are best known as the Seven Sisters or Doves (in Greek, "Pleiades" means "Doves"). | | | It has been suggested that Taurus may well have been the first Zodiac constellation to have been invented. | | | An orange-red giant which is the thirteenth brightest star in the heavens, it was one of the four Royal Stars of the Ancient Persians. |
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http://www.novareinna.com/constellation/taurusheaven.html
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| | The Smoky Mountain News |
| | Certain characters, however, I can easily recognize and I simply leave the rest to faith. | | | This is in reference to the fact that Aldebaran follows the Pleiades from east to west, across the sky. | | | The most prominent western myth regarding Taurus is probably the one from the ancient Greeks. |
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http://www.smokymountainnews.com/issues/10_00/10_25_00/out_nat_corner.shtml
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| | The Pleiades |
| | They are also known as the Seven Sisters. | | | On a reasonably dark night, you should be able to see six or seven of the stars of the Pleiades; with binoculars you should see nine of the brightest stars. | | | The Pleiades is the most famous open star cluster in the sky and is part of the Taurus constellation. |
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http://science.donnayoung.org/stars/pleiades.htm
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| | Observations made in the constellation Taurus |
| | Anyone in the northeast looking at the occultation had to of seen it. | | | Orion had already risen in the south and was slightly above the treelines. | | | We noticed that about ten of the meteors were coming out of Taurus and heading towards Leo. |
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http://www.lies.com/aaol/view_obs.cgi?con=Tau
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| | Taurus Constellation |
| | On the above constellation map click on adjacent contellations to view them. | | | This constellation sky map was created by the freeware program Home Planet for Windows 95 (Release 3.0 February 1997) by John Walker. | | | This unaided eye constellation sky map has the following limits: Stars shown for brighter than 6 limiting magnitude, Star names labels shown for stars brighter than 4 limiting magnitude, Bayer/Flamsteed code labels shown for stars brighter than 5 limiting magnitude, Deep sky objects shown for objects brighter than 6 limiting magnitude. |
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http://www.stargazing.net/David/constel/constel/taurus.html
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| | Fall 2001 Jupiter-Saturn Formation (ncrising.com) |
| | The constellation was not [just] a symbol of god, it was god... | | | Taurus and Aldeberan became mythologically associated with Horus, the son and heir of Osiris | | | Another popular mythological theme related to Taurus is that of Mithras from ancient Persian culture. |
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http://www.ncrising.com/Fall_2001_JupiterSaturn.html
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| | AllRefer.com - Taurus, in astronomy, Constellation (Constellations) - Encyclopedia |
| | Taurus [Lat.,= the bull], in astronomy, constellation NW of Orion and lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Gemini and Aries; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. | | | Taurus is traditionally depicted as the forepart of a bull, in reference to the Greek legend in which Zeus either assumed the form of a bull himself or sent the bull to carry Europa over the sea to Crete. | | | Taurus reaches its highest point in the evening sky in January. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/encyclopedia/T/Taurus.html
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| | Taurus |
| | He served as a servant to Osiris, god of the Sun. | | | Taurus was a very popular constellation in ancient times, so there are many myths about it. | | | The Pleiades are a group of seven stars that lie on the Bull's shoulder. |
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http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Constellations/taurus.html
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| | Taurus |
| | The mythology of the constellation is complex and varied. | | | In Roman mythology the bull of Taurus represents the god Jupiter who turned himself into a bull in order to kidnap the maiden Europa, who he took to the island of Crete. | | | Within the constellation of Taurus are two beautiful star clusters, the Hyades and the Pleaides. |
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http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Astronomy_Facts/constellation_pages/taurus.htm
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| | Taurus |
| | As the Australian aborigines considered the Pleiades to be the campfire of the women, they also thought the campfire of the men to be the group we know as the Hyades, also in Taurus. | | | The women were clustered together so that they might enjoy telling stories among themselves. | | | But the two never regained the brightness they had lost to Wurrunnah¹s fire, and that is why there are five bright stars and two dim ones in the Pleiades. |
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http://www.crystalinks.com/taurus.html
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| | Taurus |
| | Constellation of the zodiac, through which the Sun transits from the middle of May to the end of June. | | | The astronomers did't follow this explanation, considering that the weakest Pleiad is Asterope. | | | The Hyades are about two hundred stars assembled in a very open group, about 150 light-years away: to the naked eye you can see a dozen of stars of the cluster, disposed in the characteristic V shape, near Aldebaran. |
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http://www.astrofilitrentini.it/mat/costell/tau_e.html
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| | Taurus Poniatovii |
| | Prior to Taurus Poniatovii, some of these stars were part of the obsolete constellation of the River Tigris. | | | However, both of these constellations are no longer recognized by astronomers, with their stars once again returning to Ophiuchus and Aquila. | | | He created it in order to honor the king of Poland, Stanislaus Poniatowski. |
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http://www.pa.msu.edu/people/horvatin/Astronomy_Facts/obsolete_pages/taurus_poniatovii.htm
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| | Taurus |
| | They are also physically-oriented individuals who take pride in their bodies. | | | It takes a lot to anger a Taurus person, but once you do, clear out. | | | While Aries is out pioneering and discovering new lands, Taurus is setting it, cultivating the land, and using his resources for practical purposes. |
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http://www25.brinkster.com/magickworld/Taurus.htm
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| | Taurus - The Constellation |
| | Astrologically, Taurus is the sign of people born between April 20 and May 20. | | | The ruling planet is Venus, the Roman goddess of beauty and the arts, pleasure, and emotions. | | | It contains many objects, primarily open clusters, the most famous of which is The Pleiades. |
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http://www.thewildrose.net/taurus.html
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| | Taurus the Bull |
| | In their story, Jupiter developed romantic intentions toward Europa, who was not impressed and would have nothing to do with the god. | | | Many cultures saw this constellation as a bull, including the Greeks. | | | There are many stories from many cultures about this group of stars and the smaller asterisms, the Hyades and Pleiades. |
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http://starryskies.com/The_sky/constellations/taurus.html
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| | Taurus |
| | Kappa is the brighest of the triplet up and to the left of Ain. | | | The head of Taurus is a star cluster called the Hyades (150 light years away), of which Alebaran is not a member. | | | At the top is a more famed cluster, the more-distant Pleiades, "Seven Sisters," its brightest star Alcyone. |
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http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~kaler/sow/tau-t.html
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