Star
Aldebaran
Aldebaran is an orange star 66.6 light-years away, seen as it was 67 years ago, shining 163 times as bright as the Sun.
The eye of Taurus, a red giant 45 times as wide as the Sun. It lies in line with the Hyades cluster but is unrelated. Pioneer 10 is heading its way.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Distance
- 66.6 light-years
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 0.87
- Spectral type
- K5III
- Catalogue
- HIP 21421
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a point of light, sized by how bright it looks from where you are — the kind of thing, not this exact one.