✨ Constellation
Taurus
The Bull, with red Aldebaran as its glowing eye.
- Name means
- The Bull
- Best seen
- January evenings
- Where to see it
- Almost everywhere on Earth
- Brightest star
- Aldebaran
- Stars in the pattern
- 12
Did you know?
- The Pleiades, a famous little cluster of young blue stars, rides on the bull’s shoulder.
- The Crab Nebula, the remains of an exploded star, sits near the tip of one of its horns.
In this part of the sky
Crab Nebula
The leftovers of a star that exploded almost 1,000 years ago.
The Pleiades
The Seven Sisters: a family of young stars you can see without a telescope.
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All of night sky
Orion
The Hunter, with three bright stars in a row for his belt.
Ursa Major
The Great Bear, home of the Big Dipper.
Ursa Minor
The Little Bear, with Polaris at the tip of its tail.
Cassiopeia
A bright W of five stars, named after a boastful queen.
Scorpius
The Scorpion, with red Antares at its heart.
Leo
The Lion, whose head is a backwards question mark of stars.