Taurus

Taurus (abbreviation Tau), the Bull, is a large northern constellation and the second sign of the zodiac, lying northwest of Orion and south of Auriga and Perseus. Within its boundaries lie the Crab Nebula, the Hyades, and the Pleiades. See below for details of the constellation's brightest stars.

Taurus Moving Cluster

The Taurus Moving Cluster is a large group of several hundred stars spread over much of the constellation Taurus. It shares the same motion through space as the Hyades, which lies more or less at its center.

Stars brighter than magnitude 4.0
star	vis mag	abs mag	spec type	distance (ly)	RA (h m s)	Dec (° ' ")
Alpha (Aldebaran)	0.87	-0.64	K5III	65	04 35 55	+16 30 33
Beta (Alnath)	1.65	-1.37	B7III	131	05 26 18	+28 36 27
Eta (Alcyone in Pleiades)	2.85	-2.41	B7III	368	03 47 29	+24 06 18
Zeta (Alheka)	2.97	-2.57	B4III	417	05 37 39	+21 08 33
Lambda	3.41v	-1.87	B3V	370	04 00 41	+12 29 25
Theta² (in Hyades)	3.40	-0.33	A7III	158	04 28 40	+15 52 15
Epsilon (Ain in Hyades)	3.53	0.14	K0III	155	04 28 37	+19 10 49
Omicron	3.61	-0.45	G8III	212	03 24 49	+09 01 44
27 (Atlas in Pleiades)	3.62	-1.72	B8III	381	03 49 10	+24 03 12
Gamma (Hyadum Primus in Hya)	3.65	0.28	G8III	154	04 19 48	+15 37 39
17 Electra (Pleiades)	3.72	-1.56	B6II	371	03 44 53	+24 06 48
Xi	3.73	-0.44	B9Vp	222	03 27 10	+09 43 58
Delta¹ (Hyades)	3.77	0.41	G8III	153	04 22 56	+17 32 33
Theta¹ (Hyades)	3.84	0.41	G7III	158	04 28 34	+15 57 44
20 Maia (Pleiades)	3.96	-1.37	B9V	378	19 22 38	-44 27 32
Nu	3.91	0.92	A1V	129	04 03 09	+05 59 21
Taygeta (Pleiades)	4.30	-0.99	B6V	373	03 45 12	+24 28 02
Merope (Pleiades)	4.14	-1.07	B6IV	359	03 46 20	+23 56 54
Pleione (Pleiades)	5.05v	-0.33	B7Vp	387	03 49 11	+24 08 12