Learn the Sky | Aldebaran: Orange Giant Star in Taurus the Bull Constellation @learnthesky | Uploaded January 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Aldebaran is an orange giant star and is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus. It is approximately 65 light-years away from Earth.

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0:46 - Physical Properties of Aldebaran
2:46 - Aldebaran on the HR Diagram
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Photo Attributions
▶Taurus Map: By IAU [CC BY 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
▶Taurus Constellation Pattern: Akira Fujii - The Constellations davidmalin.com/fujii/general/af_const1.html
▶Pleiades and Hyades Star Cluster: By Giuseppe Donatiello - Iades and Pleiades, CC0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=62037050
▶Taurus Celestial Objects Map: By Roberto Mura - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5119290
▶Crab Nebula: By Josef Büchsenmeister - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=25417287
▶Taurus and Auriga at Sunset by Lighthouse: By maxime raynal from France - pléiade-1, CC BY 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42057566
▶Hyades Star Cluster - Book of Fixed Stars: By By Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi - flickr.com/photos/47254367@N02/4331610325/, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9405330
▶Lascaux Entrance: By User:Ethan Doyle White, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44477290
▶Taurus Constellation: By Eclipse, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=8786387
▶Hyades Star Cluster Close-up: BBy NASA, ESA, and STScI - spacetelescope.org/images/heic1309c/, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=61301846
▶Bright Stars in the Hyades Cluster: By Thuvan Dihn - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4989483
▶Nebra Sky Disk: By Dbachmann, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1500795
▶Gilgamesh and Bull of Heaven: By U0045269 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=45548560
▶Crystal Ball Nebula: By Göran Nilsson & The Liverpool Telescope - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63316962

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