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Taurid
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Tau´rid
n.1.(Astron.) Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; - so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.
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The Taurids Meteor shower radiates every year around early November from a point north of, and preceding Aldebaran.
The Taurus giants by Streicher, Magda / Monthly Notes of the Astronomical Society of Southern Africa
There are forecasts that the more leisurely meteors of the sparse Taurids shower, which stream from the area S of the Pleiades throughout November, may produce some bright fireballs during the first week or so of the month.
Starwatch by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
Remember that Taurus precedes Orion, so by the time the Taurids begin to fall, Taurus will be high in the east.
Poor Will's Almanack for early winter 2005 by Countryside & Small Stock Journal
 
 
 
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