The
Bayer designation
A Bayer designation is a stellar designation in which a specific star is identified by a Greek alphabet, Greek or Latin letter followed by the genitive case, genitive form of its parent constellation's Latin name. The original list of Bayer design ...
A Tauri (''A Tau'') is shared by two
star
A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma (physics), plasma held together by Self-gravitation, self-gravity. The List of nearest stars and brown dwarfs, nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye at night sk ...
s in the
constellation
A constellation is an area on the celestial sphere in which a group of visible stars forms Asterism (astronomy), a perceived pattern or outline, typically representing an animal, mythological subject, or inanimate object.
The first constellati ...
Taurus
Taurus is Latin for 'bull' and may refer to:
* Taurus (astrology), the astrological sign
** Vṛṣabha, in vedic astrology
* Taurus (constellation), one of the constellations of the zodiac
* Taurus (mythology), one of two Greek mythological ch ...
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A1 Tauri (37 Tauri)
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A2 Tauri (39 Tauri)
See also
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Alpha Tauri (α Tauri, 87 Tauri), the star ''Aldebaran''; sometimes mistakenly rendered as "Α Tauri" (Greek uppercase alpha) or "A Tauri" (Latin letter "A")
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AlphaTauri (disambiguation)
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Tauri, A
Taurus (constellation)