SAO 94027

E140931

SAO 94027 is the catalog designation in the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog for the bright red giant star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
SAO 94027 canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf catalogued star
red giant star
star
belongsToCatalog Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalogs
surface form: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog
canBeOccultedBy Moon
planets
hasApparentMagnitudeV 0.85
0.86
hasArabicNameMeaning the Follower
hasBayerDesignation Alpha Tauri
hasBDDesignation +16 629
hasCatalogDesignation SAO 94027 self-link
hasColor orange
red
hasCulturalSignificance important navigation star
hasDeclination +16°30′33″
hasDistanceFromEarth about 20 parsecs
about 65 light-years
hasEclipticProximity near ecliptic
hasEffectiveTemperature about 3900 K
hasEquinox J2000.0
hasFlamsteedDesignation 87 Tauri
hasGalacticPopulationType Population I
hasHenryDraperDesignation HD 29139
hasHipparcosDesignation HIP 21421
hasHRDesignation HR 1457
hasLuminosity about 400 times solar luminosity
hasMass about 1.2 solar masses
hasParallax 48.94 mas
hasProperName Aldebaran
hasRadialVelocity +54 km/s
hasRadius about 44 solar radii
hasRightAscension 04h35m55.2s
hasSpectralType K5 III
hasVariableStarDesignation NSV 1589
isBrightestStarInConstellation Taurus
true
isBrightStar true
isEyeOfBullInConstellation Taurus
isEyeOfBullInMythology true
isFirstMagnitudeStar true
isForegroundStarOfCluster Hyades
isGiantStar true
isMemberOfHyadesCluster false
isRedGiantBranchStar true
isSingleStar true
isSuspectedVariableStar true
locatedInConstellation Taurus
visibleToNakedEye true

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member) saoNumber SAO 94027
subject surface form: Aldebaran
HR 1457 catalogDesignation SAO 94027
HD 29139 hasSAODesignation SAO 94027
HIP 21421 hasSAONumber SAO 94027
SAO 94027 hasCatalogDesignation SAO 94027 self-link