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Taurus is a very ancient constellation, and its myths and legends date back as far as 17,000 years ago. Explore the stories behind this famous star pattern and discover the easiest ways to find this constellation. Taurus is also rich with easytospot stellar objects such as the Hyades star cluster and Pleiades star cluster.

Taurus Notes PDF: https://bit.ly/TaurusPDF

Other videos about Taurus:
"Pleiades Star Cluster (Messier 45) in Taurus the Bull Constellation "
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:33 Legends and mythologies of Taurus
1:00 Caves of Lascaux in France
2:33 Sumerian Culture (Bull of Light) and Golden Calf of Israelites
2:50 Mesopotamia legend
3:35 Egyptian mythology of Apis
3:58 Greek mythology of Zeus; possible connections to the Minotaur
4:50 Polynesian mythology of Taurus and the Pleiades
6:07 Star pattern of Taurus
10:58 Winter Hexagon
11:25 Winter Hexagon Practice and Winter Constellation practice
15:32 Bright Stars
18:20 Celestial Objects
19:21 Hyades star cluster
21:42 Pleiades star cluster
27:00 Crab nebula AKA Messier 1 (supernova remnant)
30:55 Taurus Review
33:54 Photo attributes

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Photo Attributions
▶Taurus Map: By IAU [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...)], via Wikimedia Commons
▶Taurus Constellation Pattern: Akira Fujii The Constellations http://www.davidmalin.com/fujii/gener...
▶Pleiades and Hyades Star Cluster: By Giuseppe Donatiello Iades and Pleiades, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Taurus Celestial Objects Map: By Roberto Mura Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Crab Nebula: By Josef Büchsenmeister Own work, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Chandra Crab Nebula: By Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Crab Nebula: By NASA, ESA, J. Hester and A. Loll (Arizona State University) HubbleSite: gallery, release., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Pleiades from the ISS: By NASA/Luca Parmitano https://www.flickr.com/photos/europea..., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Natives Celebrating the Rise of Pleiades: By Unknown Hathi Trust Digital Library, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Taurus and Auriga at Sunset by Lighthouse: By Maxime Raynal from France pléiade1, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Hyades Star Cluster Book of Fixed Stars: By By Abd alRahman alSufi http://www.flickr.com/photos/47254367..., CC BYSA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Lascaux Entrance: By User: Ethan Doyle White, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Taurus Constellation: By Eclipse, CC BYSA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
▶Hyades Star Cluster Closeup: BBy NASA, ESA, and STScI https://www.spacetelescope.org/images..., CC BYSA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

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