HR 1457

E140928
K-type giant star bright star giant star star

HR 1457 is the Bright Star Catalogue designation for Aldebaran, the prominent orange giant star that forms the eye of the constellation Taurus.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
HR 1457 canonical 6

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf K-type giant star ⓘ
bright star ⓘ
giant star ⓘ
star ⓘ
age_Gyr about 6 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Aldebaran ⓘ
Alpha Tauri ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 0.85 ⓘ
belongsTo Bright Star Catalogue ⓘ
catalogDesignation Alpha Tau ⓘ
BD+16 629 ⓘ
HD 29139 ⓘ
HIP 21421 ⓘ
HR 1457 self-link ⓘ
SAO 94027 ⓘ
Aldebaran ⓘ
surface form: α Tauri
color orange ⓘ
constellation Taurus ⓘ
culturalSignificance brightest star in Taurus ⓘ
declination +16° 30′ 33″ ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly about 65 light-years ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc about 20 parsecs ⓘ
effectiveTemperature_K about 3900 ⓘ
equatorialCoordinateEpoch J2000 ⓘ
evolutionaryStage red giant branch star ⓘ
formsFeatureOf eye of the constellation Taurus ⓘ
hasBayerDesignation Alpha Tauri ⓘ
hasExoplanetCandidate Aldebaran ⓘ
surface form: Aldebaran b
hasFlamsteedDesignation 87 Tauri ⓘ
hemisphereDominance northern sky ⓘ
isForegroundStarOf Hyades cluster line of sight ⓘ
luminosity_solar about 400 ⓘ
mass_solar about 1.2 ⓘ
metallicity_FeH slightly sub-solar ⓘ
notMemberOf Hyades ⓘ
surface form: Hyades cluster
parallax_mas about 50 ⓘ
radialVelocity_kmPerSec about +54 ⓘ
radius_solar about 44 ⓘ
rankByBrightnessInNightSky among the brightest stars ⓘ
rightAscension 04h 35m 55.2s ⓘ
spectralType K5 III ⓘ
traditionalNameMeaning the Follower (of the Pleiades) ⓘ
traditionalNameOrigin Arabic ⓘ
variableType slow irregular variable ⓘ
visibleFrom Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
Southern Hemisphere ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member) → hrNumber → HR 1457 ⓘ
subject surface form: Aldebaran
Alpha Tauri → hrDesignation → HR 1457 ⓘ
HR 1457 → catalogDesignation → HR 1457 self-link ⓘ
HD 29139 → hasHRDesignation → HR 1457 ⓘ
SAO 94027 → hasHRDesignation → HR 1457 ⓘ
Aldebaran planetary system → hostStarHRDesignation → HR 1457 ⓘ