The name El Nath invites confusion with Beta Tauri, generally known as Elnath. This name derives from the Arabic name Al Natih, "The Butting One." ...
The name El Nath comes from the Arabic اÙ"Ù†Ø-Ø an-naţħ "the butting (horn)".[8]
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^ From apparent magnitude and parallax.
Equally well called El Nath, Elnath lies at the tip of the great northern horn of Taurus, the Bull.
Again, "north" from El Nath would take you off course.
But once you've located the Pole Star -- or just the general point in the skies where it resides, you are ready to draw a northerly line from El Nath.
Elnath (El Nath, γ Aur = β Tau), Almaaz (ε Aur), Capella (Alhajoth, α Aur), Haedus I ( Sadatoni, ζ Aur), Haedus II (η Aur), Hassaleh (Kabdhilinan, ι Aur), Mahasim (θ Aur), Menkalinan (β Aur).
Its Arabic name (also written as Elnath, El Nath, and Nath) means the "butting one" - appropriate to its position at the tip of the Bull's northern horn.
On the 26th Mars will be between El Nath, βTau, at magnitude 1.7 the second star of the constellation, and ζTau at magnitude 3.0 the 4th brightest star in Taurus.
[7932] beta Tauri, the second brightest star, lies near the border with the constellation Auriga. It is sometimes called El Nath or Alnath ("the bull's horns"). El Nath is a B class star evolving into a giant. It lies about 131 light-years from Earth.
Hemal; Hamul; Ras Hammel; El Nath (obsolete).
Alpha Arietis
HR 617
HD 12929 ...
All month, Saturn resides in the constellation Taurus, between the two modestly bright stars depicting the tips of the bull's horns. At evening look for El Nath - the brighter of these two stars - to the planet's upper left, ...
The point in the Galactic plane that lies directly opposite the Galactic center. Here we gaze toward the edge of the Galactic disk. The nearest bright star to the anticenter is El Nath, in the constellation Taurus. [C95]
Galactic Astronomy ...
The red star alpha Tau, called Aldebaran, represents the glowing eye of the bull and white star beta Tau, called El Nath is thought to be the pushing horn. The open cluster of the Hyades forms the head.
 See also: Star, Sky, Nath, Constellation, Sun
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