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( Taurus (constellation))
Taurus (pronounced /'t?r?s/, Latin 'bull', symbol  , Unicode ?) is one of the constellations of the zodiac. It sits large and prominent in the Northern Hemisphere winter sky, between Aries to the west and Gemini to the east; to the north lie Perseus and Auriga, to the southeast Orion, to the south Eridanus, and to the southwest Cetus. Both the Latin word taurus and the Ancient Greek word tauros, meaning "bull", derive from the Proto-Indo-European noun *táwros, also meaning "bull", itself in turn probably a borrowing from Proto-Semitic noun *?awr-, meaning "ox, bull". Version of Proto-Indo-European noun with the initial s-mobile was *stawros, the ancestor of the English words steer, steed, and stud.[1] Behind Aldebaran lie the Hyades, the nearest distinct open star cluster, that with it form a V, or an A, in the sky marking the bull's head. In the west of the constellation lie the Pleiades, one of the best known open clusters, easily visible to the eye.
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