Taurus

2950 OBJECTS
ALDEBARANPLEIADESCRAB NEBULAELNATH35 Λ TAU
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Taurus · 58° of sky top to bottom · stars to magnitude 6.5 · figure by the IAU and Sky & Telescope

Taurus holds 2950 catalogued objects: 2349 stars, 466 galaxies, 101 exoplanets, 17 nebulae, 11 star clusters, 6 unclassified.

STARS · 2349GALAXIES · 466EXOPLANETS · 101NEBULAE · 17STAR CLUSTERS · 11UNCLASSIFIED · 6
[

THE FAMOUS ONES

] 3 ENTRIES
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Aldebaran★
K5+III orange star
—
66.64 ly
0.87 V
Taurus
Pleiades★
Open cluster
—
444.0 ly
1.20 V
Taurus
Crab Nebula★
Supernova remnant
—
6500 ly
8.40 V
Taurus
[

BRIGHTEST OBJECTS

] 12 SHOWN
NAME
CLASS
MASS
DISTANCE
MAG
CONSTELLATION
Aldebaran★
K5+III orange star
—
66.64 ly
0.87 V
Taurus
Pleiades★
Open cluster
—
444.0 ly
1.20 V
Taurus
Elnath
B7III blue-white giant
—
133.9 ly
1.65 V
Taurus
Alcyone
B7III blue-white giant
—
403.2 ly
2.85 V
Taurus
Tianguan
B1IVe_shell blue-white subgiant
—
445.0 ly
2.97 V
Taurus
Chamukuy
A7III white giant
—
150.4 ly
3.40 V
Taurus
35 λ Tau
B4IV blue-white subgiant
—
483.9 ly
3.41 V
Taurus
Ain
G9.5IIICN0.5 yellow giant
—
146.7 ly
3.53 V
Taurus
1 ο Tau
G6III yellow giant
—
291.0 ly
3.61 V
Taurus
Prima Hyadum
G9.5IIIabCN0.5 yellow giant
—
161.5 ly
3.65 V
Taurus
Electra
B6IIIe blue-white giant
—
404.7 ly
3.72 V
Taurus
2 ξ Tau
B9Vn blue-white main-sequence star
—
209.1 ly
3.73 V
Taurus