Identify Taurus Position _ Identify Taurus Position Software

Where can I see Scorpio and Taurus in the world?

Scorpius

Location: between Libra and Sagittarius, located in the densely populated area of the Milky Way,

In the same direction as the center of the Milky Way.

Size ranking: 33

Area: 497 square degrees

Width: about 30 degrees

Depth: about 30 degrees

Months reaching the highest point at 22: 00: June to July.

You can observe the latitude range of the whole constellation: 44 N to 90 s.

Taurus constellation

Taurus is an important constellation in the northern sky, which indicates the arrival of winter. In binoculars, this is a very beautiful sky area. There are also two messier objects m 1 and m45.

Observation: (Visually) Taurus Alpha Star: It is one of the four imperial stars in ancient Persia. In 3000 BC, it was a symbol of the bisector in the sky. This bright star represents the bull's eyes. It draws people's attention to the Pleiades cluster, and their V-shape represents the bull's head. Its order of magnitude is +0.85.

(Visually, binocular) Taurus θ 1 and θ2: These two stars are in the Pythagorean cluster, separated by 3.5 arc minutes, with magnitudes of +3.5 and +4 respectively, which can be seen by naked eyes. θ2 is brighter.

(Visually, binocular) Taurus λ star: This is an eclipsing binary star, and its magnitude changes between +3.4 and +4. 1 during the light change period of 3.95 days.

(Visually, binoculars) Bi cluster: This is one of the closest open clusters to our solar system, which is easy to see with naked eyes. Astronomers use this cluster to calibrate the distance scales of other clusters in the Milky Way. Bi cluster is best observed with binoculars. It has another obvious V-shape. The alpha star of Taurus is located at the top of the left branch of this V, but it has nothing to do with this cluster. There are about 130 stars with magnitude above +9 in this cluster.

(Telescope) m 1 (Crab Nebula): This celestial body is the remnant of a supernova explosion and the only one of its kind in messier catalog. It broke out on July 4th, 1054. People in China observed this phenomenon, and left a record about the "guest star". Through a 3-inch (8 cm) telescope, this nebula looks like irregular milky light. Seeing his slender extension line in the photo can only be seen with a very large non-professional telescope. Its magnitude is +8.4.