EarthSky News - Jan 20 - Bull!

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Hyades star cluster: Face of the Bull in Taurus The V-shaped Hyades star cluster represents the face of Taurus. The cluster is easy to spot in the evening sky in January. Aldebaran is the Bull's fiery eye Aldebaran - brightest star in Taurus - is huge! If it were in our sun's place, its surface would extend almost to the orbit of Mercury. Star of the week: Elnath Elnath is the 2nd-brightest star in Taurus. It's the closest bright star to the galactic anticenter, the point in space directly opposite of our Milky Way's center. Constellation Taurus: All you need to know How to find to find the constellation Taurus in the night sky - names some of its bright stars and star clusters - and its mythology.  Tonight … Visualize the sun's path through Milky Way Sirius is easy to find. It's the sky's brightest star on the sky's dome.  When you look at it, you're looking backwards along our solar system's path through the Milky Way galaxy.

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Moon, Jupiter, Jupiter's moons Jupiter and its Galilean moons with Earth's moon at the last quarter phase, captured Thursday morning by Karl Diefenderfer in Quakertown, Pennsylvania.

Hyades star cluster: Face of the Bull in Taurus Look for this V of stars - really a star cluster, which we call the Hyades - in the January evening sky. Image copyright Jerry Lodriguss/ AstroPix.com Used with permission. Submit your photo to EarthSky here!

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