Constellation
The constellation Taurus
Tau
Taurus gathers 144 naked-eye stars —down to magnitude 6— in Stelvia's catalogue. The brightest is Aldebaran, and the constellation reaches its highest point of the night around November.
Taurus in figures
- Catalogued stars
- 144
- Brightest star
- Aldebaran
- Region of the sky
- Northern sky
- Highest around
- November
- With a proper name
- 16
- Nearest star
- 10 Tauri
Those visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6
Apparent magnitude 0.87
Declination from 0° to 29°
Month when it culminates at midnight
Stars with a traditional name, not just a catalogue designation
46 light years
These figures are computed over Stelvia's catalogue —stars visible to the naked eye, down to magnitude 6—, not over the constellation's real total: the count, the brightest and the nearest all refer to that catalogue. The region of the sky comes from the median declination of its stars; the month, from their mean right ascension.
Every star in Taurus
The 144 stars of Taurus catalogued by Stelvia, from the brightest to the faintest. Each one has its own page.
- AldebaranAlpha Tauri0.87
- ElnathBeta Tauri1.65
- AlcyoneEta Tauri2.85
- TianguanZeta Tauri2.97
- ChamukuyTheta 2 Tauri3.40
- Lambda Tauri3.41
- AinEpsilon Tauri3.53
- Omicron Tauri3.61
- Atlas3.62
- Prima HyadumGamma Tauri3.65
- Electra3.72
- Xi Tauri3.73
- Secunda HyadumDelta 1 Tauri3.77
- Theta 1 Tauri3.84
- Maia3.87
- Nu Tauri3.91
- 5 Tauri4.14
- Merope4.14
- Kappa 1 Tauri4.21
- 88 Tauri4.25
- Mu Tauri4.27
- 90 Tauri4.27
- Tau Tauri4.27
- Upsilon Tauri4.28
- 10 Tauri4.29
- Taygeta4.30
- Delta 3 Tauri4.30
- 119 Tauri4.32
- 37 Tauri4.36
- 71 Tauri4.48
- 136 Tauri4.56
- Iota Tauri4.62
- Rho Tauri4.65
- Sigma 2 Tauri4.67
- Pi Tauri4.69
- HIP 210294.78
- Delta 2 Tauri4.80
- 139 Tauri4.81
- 47 Tauri4.84
- 126 Tauri4.84
- 114 Tauri4.88
- 132 Tauri4.88
- 134 Tauri4.89
- 104 Tauri4.91
- Omega 2 Tauri4.93
- 75 Tauri4.96
- 109 Tauri4.96
- Phi Tauri4.97
- 111 Tauri5.00
- 79 Tauri5.02
- Pleione5.05
- 30 Tauri5.08
- Sigma 1 Tauri5.08
- 97 Tauri5.08
- 66 Tauri5.10
- 4 Tauri5.14
- 41 Tauri5.18
- 125 Tauri5.18
- Psi Tauri5.21
- HIP 197995.22
- HIP 179545.24
- 58 Tauri5.26
- Kappa 2 Tauri5.27
- 106 Tauri5.28
- 133 Tauri5.28
- 46 Tauri5.29
- 40 Tauri5.32
- HIP 215155.32
- 29 Tauri5.34
- 56 Tauri5.34
- HIP 189935.36
- 121 Tauri5.37
- Chi Tauri5.38
- HIP 216705.38
- 44 Tauri5.39
- 83 Tauri5.40
- 115 Tauri5.40
- HIP 177765.44
- Celaeno5.45
- HIP 189755.45
- 93 Tauri5.45
- 36 Tauri5.46
- 81 Tauri5.47
- 118 Tauri5.47
- 130 Tauri5.47
- 53 Tauri5.50
- 103 Tauri5.50
- HIP 259505.50
- Omega 1 Tauri5.51
- HIP 230435.51
- 116 Tauri5.52
- 72 Tauri5.53
- HIP 208845.53
- 122 Tauri5.53
- 135 Tauri5.54
- 12 Tauri5.55
- 57 Tauri5.58
- 80 Tauri5.58
- HIP 276295.60
- 137 Tauri5.60
- 32 Tauri5.62
- 51 Tauri5.64
- 63 Tauri5.64
- 18 Tauri5.66
- 31 Tauri5.66
- HIP 188055.67
- HIP 212955.67
- 120 Tauri5.67
- 13 Tauri5.68
- HYG 1183515.70
- 45 Tauri5.71
- 60 Tauri5.72
- HIP 208425.72
- 131 Tauri5.72
- HIP 218195.73
- 6 Tauri5.76
- Asterope5.76
- HIP 202685.76
- 117 Tauri5.77
- 89 Tauri5.78
- 99 Tauri5.79
- 98 Tauri5.79
- HIP 168465.82
- HIP 263965.83
- 105 Tauri5.84
- HIP 216045.85
- HIP 208045.87
- HIP 213235.88
- HIP 187355.89
- HIP 192845.89
- 39 Tauri5.90
- 76 Tauri5.90
- HIP 175955.91
- HIP 204175.91
- HIP 163585.93
- HIP 240195.93
- HIP 193765.94
- 7 Tauri5.95
- HIP 181705.97
- HIP 206145.97
- HIP 226975.97
- HIP 221765.99
- HIP 204936.00
- 129 Tauri6.00
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