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Historical Drawing
of Orion and Taurus

Orion is a Hunter! He is protecting himself from Taurus, the Bull!

Bode, Johann Elert. Uranographia sivee Astrorum Descriptio. Berolini: Apud Autorem, 1801.
Image from History of Astronomy Department, Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum

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