Glossary term: Taureau
Description: Le Taureau, "le taureau", est une constellation du Zodiaque, donc proche de l'écliptique - l'intersection de la sphère céleste avec le plan défini par l'orbite de la Terre autour du Soleil. Par conséquent, de notre point de vue, ici sur Terre, nous pouvons régulièrement trouver les planètes, ainsi que le Soleil, dans cette constellation - dans le cas du Soleil, du 14 mai au 21 juin (bien sûr, nous ne pouvons pas voir les étoiles de cette constellation lorsque le Soleil est visible dans le ciel). Le Taureau est l'une des 88 constellations modernes définies par l'Union astronomique internationale et l'une des 48 constellations classiques nommées par l'astronome Claudius Ptolémée au IIe siècle. Dans l'hémisphère nord, elle est très visible dans le ciel nocturne en hiver. Son étoile la plus brillante est Aldébaran, de couleur rougeâtre.
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