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Taurus

A prominent constellation in the northern sky, representing a bull. It contains notable astronomical objects, including the Crab Nebula and the Pleiades star cluster.

Source: apod.nasa.gov

APODs including "Taurus"

The Pulsar Powered Crab

The Pulsar Powered Crab

02/06/2001

Strange Orange Soil on the Moon

Strange Orange Soil on the Moon

23/05/2001

NGC 1410/1409: Intergalactic Pipeline

NGC 1410/1409: Intergalactic Pipeline

12/01/2001

Apollo 17's Moonship

Apollo 17's Moonship

06/01/2001

Long Leonid

Long Leonid

24/11/2000

The Center of Centaurus A

The Center of Centaurus A

01/10/2000

XZ Tauri System Ejects Gas Bubble

XZ Tauri System Ejects Gas Bubble

21/09/2000

GLAST Gamma Ray Sky Simulation

GLAST Gamma Ray Sky Simulation

22/07/2000

The Local Bubble and the Galactic Neighborhood

The Local Bubble and the Galactic Neighborhood

12/04/2000

The Local Interstellar Cloud

The Local Interstellar Cloud

11/04/2000

Spiral Galaxy In Centaurus

Spiral Galaxy In Centaurus

27/01/2000

M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT

M83: The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy from VLT

06/12/1999

X-Ray Jet From Centaurus A

X-Ray Jet From Centaurus A

28/10/1999

In the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula

In the Heart of the Tarantula Nebula

27/10/1999

X-Ray Pleiades

X-Ray Pleiades

28/08/1999

The Center of Centaurus A

The Center of Centaurus A

22/08/1999

Apollo 17's Lunar Rover

Apollo 17's Lunar Rover

01/07/1999

Apollo 17's Moonship

Apollo 17's Moonship

15/04/1999

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

Nearby Spiral Galaxy NGC 4945

12/04/1999

Canaries Sky

Canaries Sky

10/04/1999

The Radio Sky: Tuned to 408MHz

The Radio Sky: Tuned to 408MHz

03/04/1999

Centaurus A: The Galaxy Deep Inside

Centaurus A: The Galaxy Deep Inside

04/12/1998

GLAST Gamma-Ray Sky Simulation

GLAST Gamma-Ray Sky Simulation

12/11/1998

Comet Williams in 1998

Comet Williams in 1998

06/10/1998

Twin Proto-Planetary Disks

Twin Proto-Planetary Disks

25/09/1998

The Pulsar Powered Crab

The Pulsar Powered Crab

05/09/1998

NGC 4650A: Strange Galaxy and Dark Matter

NGC 4650A: Strange Galaxy and Dark Matter

25/06/1998

Pioneer 10: The First 6 Billion Miles

Pioneer 10: The First 6 Billion Miles

20/06/1998

An Extrasolar Planet?

An Extrasolar Planet?

29/05/1998

M83: A Barred Spiral Galaxy

M83: A Barred Spiral Galaxy

25/05/1998