Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Aldebaran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Aldebaran - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

 "Aldebaran[needs IPA] (α Tau, α Tauri, Alpha Tauri) is a red giant star located about 65 light years away in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. With an average apparent magnitude of 0.87 it is the brightest star in the constellation and is one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. The name Aldebaran is Arabic (الدبران al-dabarān) and translates literally as "the follower", presumably because this bright star appears to follow the Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters" star cluster in the night sky.[3]"

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