Aldebaran would have been hard to miss for the ancients, given that Taurus is very visible in the winter. The bull, in fact, is one of the oldest documented constellations . Its origins stretch ...

The eye of the celestial bull is Aldebaran, also known as Alpha Tauri due to its status as the brightest star in Taurus, is one of the 15 brightest stars over Earth with a magnitude of 0.85 ...

When seen in the southern sky, the â Vâ is on its side and marks the head of Taurus. Aldebaran is not part of this star cluster; by chance, it is positioned so it appears like part of the V ...

Mercury reaches its greatest elongation, 26 degrees east of the sun on July 4. From latitude 40 degrees north, the ...

When seen in the southern sky, the “V” is on its side and marks the head of Taurus. Aldebaran is not part of this star cluster; by chance, it is positioned so it appears like part of the V ...

When seen in the southern sky, the “V” is on its side and marks the head of Taurus. Aldebaran is not part of this star cluster; by chance, it is positioned so it appears like part of the V ...

The Hyades are surrounded by the brightest star in Taurus – Aldebaran, a massive orange star 44 times the radius of our sun. At a distance of 65 light years from Earth, Aldebaran is a bright ...

The constellation Taurus the Bull is an easy one to find in the Northern Hemisphere’s fall and winter skies. ... But Aldebaran is lumped in, giving the Hyades the impressive magnitude of 0.5.

About 5 degrees below and to the right of Jupiter is Aldebaran, the brightest star in Taurus, and the 14th brightest star in the night sky. The name Aldebaran derives from the Arabic al Dabaran, ...

In mythological drawings, Aldebaran is depicted as the right eye of Taurus the Bull, one of Greek god Zeus's favorite disguises whenever he'd try to pull a fast one.At least temporarily, Mars ...

The new moon occurs on Nov. 1, at 8:47 a.m. Eastern Time (1247 GMT). Three days later the moon will make a close pass to Mercury in the evening sky. A new moon happens when the moon is between the ...