May 5 constellation

Taurus? (Date of birth: April 21-May 20)

Taurus (Latin: Taurus), one of the zodiac signs, covers an area of 797.25 square degrees, accounting for 1.933% of the whole day, ranking 17 among the 88 constellations in the whole day. In Taurus, there are 98 stars with brightness greater than 5.5, the brightest star is Bisuwu (Taurus α), and the apparent magnitude is 0.85.

Every year165438+1on the evening of October 30th, the center of Taurus passes through the upper meridian. The first asteroid ceres discovered by humans was discovered in Taurus by Italian astronomer Piazi on New Year's Eve of 180 1.

Taurus is one of the largest and most prominent constellations in the winter night sky in the northern hemisphere. Aries in the west and Gemini in the east; Perseus and auriga are in the north, Orion is in the southwest, and Bojiang and Pisces are in the southeast.

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Deep space objects—

1, Pleiades Cluster (M45, also known as Seven Sisters Cluster), one of the most famous open clusters, now six bright stars can be seen by naked eyes. 4 10 light years from the earth.

2. Pleiades cluster, which contains V-shaped stars (but not epileptic stars) that make up the head of Taurus. It is 0/50 light-years away from the earth/kloc-and is the closest cluster to the solar system. At present, it is away from the sun at a speed of 44 kilometers per second.

3.M 1 Crab Nebula, located in the northeast of Tianguan (ζ Taurus), is a famous planetary nebula. It is the supernova remnant left by the supernova explosion (the official guest star) seen on July 4th, 054/kloc-0.

4.NGC 1554- 1555, an emission nebula located near Taurus T, also known as Hinde Variable Nebula or Taurus T Nebula.

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