ZETA TAU (Zeta Tauri). Many are the brighter stars that carry no "western" proper names (the names really coming from ancient Greece and the middle east). The "Zeta" star of Taurus is one of them.
Near the tip of the bull's right horn, the star Zeta Tauri, lies the remarkable Crab Nebula, the result of one of the most celebrated events in the history of astronomy - a stellar explosion, seen from Earth in AD 1054, ...
[7934] zeta Tauri is a binary star 417 light-years distant. The primary component is an extremely luminous, hot, blue-white giant classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable. It has luminosity 5,700 times that of the Sun.
Fujiwara. A Japanese poet Sadiae Fujiwara wrote about the star Zeta Tauri.
An 8-inch telescope reveals the Crab's oval shape, but it will appear faint. It is located northwest of Zeta Tauri, the star that marks the southern tip of the horns of Taurus the Bull.
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, and for Zeta Tauri to ...
Thabit Upsilon Orionis
Theemin Upsilon-2 Eridani
Thuban Alpha Draconis
Tien Kuan Zeta Tauri
Toliman Alpha Centauri
Torcularis Septentrionalis Omicron Piscium
Tseen Kee Phi Velorum
Tureis Pi Puppis
Tyl Epsilon Draconis ...
 See also: Zeta Tau, Sky, Light Year, Light, Distance
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