Taurus (Chinese Astronomy)
According to traditional Chinese uranography, the modern constellation Taurus is located within the western quadrant of the sky, which is symbolized as the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎) (''Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ''). The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 金牛座 (''jīn niú zuò''), meaning "the golden bull constellation". Stars The map of Chinese constellation in constellation Taurus area consists of: See also *Traditional Chinese star names *Chinese constellations Traditional Chinese astronomy has a system of dividing the celestial sphere into asterisms or constellations, known as "officials" (Chinese ''xīng guān''). The Chinese asterisms are generally smaller than the constellations of Hellenistic t ... References {{reflist External linksTaurus – Chinese associations香港太空館https://web.archive.org/web/20120813070951/http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/Space/Research/c_index.htm 研究資源] *中國星區、星官及星名英譯表 ...
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Traditional Chinese Star Names
Chinese star names ( Chinese: , ''xīng míng'') are named according to ancient Chinese astronomy and astrology. The sky is divided into star mansions (, ''xīng xiù'', also translated as "lodges") and asterisms (, ''xīng guān''). The system of 283 asterisms under Three Enclosures and Twenty-eight Mansions was established by Chen Zhuo of the Three Kingdoms period, who synthesized ancient constellations and the asterisms created by early astronomers Shi Shen, Gan De and Wuxian. Since the Han and Jin Dynasties, stars have been given reference numbers within their asterisms in a system similar to the Bayer or Flamsteed designations, so that individual stars can be identified. For example, Deneb (α Cyg) is referred to as (''Tiān Jīn Sì'', the Fourth Star of Celestial Ford). In the Qing Dynasty, Chinese knowledge of the sky was improved by the arrival of European star charts. ''Yixiang Kaocheng'', compiled in mid-18th century by then deputy Minister of Rites Ignaz Kög ...
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Maia (star)
Maia , designated 20 Tauri (abbreviated 20 Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus. It is a blue giant of spectral type B8 III, a chemically peculiar star, and the prototype of the Maia variable class of variable star. Maia is the fourth-brightest star in the Pleiades open star cluster (Messier 45), after Alcyone, Atlas and Electra. It is surrounded by one of the brighter reflection nebulae within the Pleiades, designated NGC 1432 and sometimes called the Maia Nebula. Nomenclature The name ''Maia'' originates with the el, Μαῖα and la, Maia. Maia is one of the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione in Greek mythology—stars which are also included in the Pleiades star cluster. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalog and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN's first bulletin of July 2016 included a table of the first two batches of names approved by the WGSN; which includ ...
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Pleione (star)
PleionePronounced or is a binary star and the seventh-brightest star in the Pleiades star cluster (Messier 45). It has the variable star designation BU Tauri (BU Tau) and the Flamsteed designation 28 Tauri (28 Tau). The star is located approximately from the Sun, appearing in the constellation of Taurus. Pleione is located close on the sky to the brighter star Atlas, so is difficult for stargazers to distinguish with the naked eye despite being a fifth magnitude star. The brighter star of the Pleione binary pair, component A, is a hot type B star 184 times more luminous than the Sun. It is classified as Be star with certain distinguishing traits: periodic phase changes and a complex circumstellar environment composed of two gaseous disks at different angles to each other. The primary star rotates rapidly, close to its breakup velocity, even faster than Achernar. Although some research on the companion star has been performed, stellar characteristics of the orbiti ...
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26 Tauri
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Taurus, sorted by decreasing brightness. See also *List of stars by constellation References * * * * * * {{Portal bar, Astronomy, Stars, Spaceflight, Outer space, Solar System *List Taurus Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to: * Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign * Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac * Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus * ''Bos taurus ...

24 Tauri
4 (four) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 3 and preceding 5. It is the smallest semiprime and composite number, and is considered unlucky in many East Asian cultures. In mathematics Four is the smallest composite number, its proper divisors being and . Four is the sum and product of two with itself: 2 + 2 = 4 = 2 x 2, the only number b such that a + a = b = a x a, which also makes four the smallest squared prime number p^. In Knuth's up-arrow notation, , and so forth, for any number of up arrows. By consequence, four is the only square one more than a prime number, specifically three. The sum of the first four prime numbers two + three + five + seven is the only sum of four consecutive prime numbers that yields an odd prime number, seventeen, which is the fourth super-prime. Four lies between the first proper pair of twin primes, three and five, which are the first two Fermat primes, like seventeen, which is the third. On the other han ...
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Celaeno (star)
Celaeno , designated 16 Tauri, is a star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades open star cluster ( M45) of stars. Properties 16 Tauri is a blue-white B-type subgiant with an apparent magnitude of +5.45. It is approximately 430 light years from the Sun; about the same distance as the Pleiades. The interstellar extinction of this star is fairly small at 0.05 magnitudes. The projected rotational velocity of the equator is 185 km/s. Vizier table J/ApJ/573/359. It is over four times the radius of the Sun and has a surface temperature of 12,800 K. Nomenclature ''16 Tauri'' is the star's Flamsteed designation. It bore the traditional named ''Celaeno'' (or ''Celeno'') and was called the "Lost Pleiad" by Theon the Younger. Celaeno was one of the Pleiades sisters in Greek mythology. In 2016, the International Astronomical Union organized a Working Group on Star Names (WGSN) to catalogue and standardize proper names for stars. The WGSN approved ...
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18 Tauri
18 Tauri is a single star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus, located 444 light years away from the Sun. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued star with an apparent visual magnitude of 5.66. The star is moving further from the Earth with a heliocentric radial velocity of +4.8. It is a member of the Pleiades open cluster, which is positioned near the ecliptic and thus is subject to lunar occultations. This is a B-type main-sequence star with a stellar classification of B8 V, and is about halfway through its main sequence lifetime. It displays an infrared excess, suggesting the presence of an orbiting debris disk with a black body temperature of 75 K at a separation of from the host star. The star has 3.34 times the mass of the Sun and 2.89 times the Sun's radius. It is radiating 160 times the Sun's luminosity from its photosphere at an effective temperature of 13,748 K. 18 Tauri has a high rate of spin, showing a projected rotati ...
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32 Tauri
32 Tauri is the Flamsteed designation for a solitary star in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It has a visual magnitude of 5.64, making it visible to the naked eye from suburban skies (according to the Bortle scale). The position of this star near the ecliptic plane means that it is subject to occultations by the Moon. Parallax measurements put it at a distance of 144 light years from the Sun. It is drifting further away with a radial velocity of +31.9 km/s, having come to within some 759,000 years ago. The spectrum of this star matches a stellar classification of F2IVs, with the luminosity class of IV indicating that this star has reached the subgiant stage and is in the process of evolving into a giant star. It has twice the mass of the sun with nearly three times the Sun's radius, but 15 times the Sun's luminosity and about half the Sun's age. The abundance of elements other than hydrogen and helium is lower in this star than in the Sun. The ef ...
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9 Tauri
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Taurus, sorted by decreasing brightness. See also *List of stars by constellation References * * * * * * {{Portal bar, Astronomy, Stars, Spaceflight, Outer space, Solar System *List Taurus Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to: * Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign * Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac * Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus * ''Bos taurus ...

7 Tauri
7 Tauri is a multiple star in the northern constellation of Taurus. It has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.95, so, according to the Bortle scale, it is faintly visible from suburban skies at night. Measurements made with the Gaia spacecraft show an annual parallax shift of , which is equivalent to a distance of around 593 light years from the Sun. 7 Tauri is a binary star with two nearly equal components about apart, designated as A and B. The spectrum of each star matches a stellar classification of A7V. away is a 10th-magnitude star, component C, which is itself a spectroscopic binary. In the past, these stars had been treated as a single system, but they are now known to have different proper motions and somewhat different distances. References {{Sky, 03, 34, 26.6, +, 35, 27, 52 Taurus (constellation) Tauri, 007 1086 Year 1086 ( MLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. ...
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11 Tauri
This is the list of notable stars in the constellation Taurus, sorted by decreasing brightness. See also *List of stars by constellation References * * * * * * {{Portal bar, Astronomy, Stars, Spaceflight, Outer space, Solar System *List Taurus Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to: * Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign * Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac * Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological characters named Taurus * ''Bos taurus ...