Articles written by Wyatt Hougham

Wyatt Hougham|Updated Dec 31, 2012

In the early evening hours of January Taurus the Bull rides high in the night sky. The constellation is especially easy to locate this year because brilliant Jupiter has temporarily taken up residence there. The primary components that give the constellation its distinct shape are: the first-magnitude star Aldebaran that denotes the bull's eye, the Pleiades star cluster marking its shoulder, the Hyades star cluster depicting the face, and two relatively bright stars that repre... Full story