Disambiguation evidence for Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member) via surface form

"Aldebaran"


As subject (48)

Triples where this entity appears as subject under the label "Aldebaran".

Predicate Object
absoluteMagnitudeV −0.63
age about 6.4 billion years
apparentMagnitude 0.85
bayerDesignation Alpha Tauri
colorIndexB−V 1.54
constellation Taurus
declination +16° 30′ 33″
distanceFromEarth about 20 parsecs
distanceFromEarth about 65 light-years
effectiveTemperature about 3900 K
equatorialCoordinateSystem J2000.0
evolutionaryStage post-main-sequence star
evolutionaryStage red giant branch
flamsteedDesignation 87 Tauri
followedObject Pleiades
surface form: Pleiades star cluster
galacticLatitude −20.06°
galacticLongitude 180.97°
hasExoplanetCandidate Aldebaran planetary system
surface form: Aldebaran b
hasTraditionalName Aldebaran
hdNumber HD 29139
hipparcosNumber HIP 21421
hrNumber HR 1457
instanceOf K-type giant star
instanceOf giant star
instanceOf orange giant star
instanceOf star
isAmong brightest stars in the night sky
isBrightestStarIn Taurus
isForegroundTo Hyades
surface form: Hyades star cluster
isMemberOf Galactic thin disk
isMemberOf Milky Way
isNotPhysicalMemberOf Hyades
surface form: Hyades star cluster
isPrimaryStarOf Aldebaran planetary system
luminosity about 400 times solar luminosity
mass about 1.2 solar masses
metallicity[Fe/H] about −0.15
nameMeaning the follower
nameOriginLanguage Arabic
parallax 48.94 mas
properMotionDec −188.94 mas/yr
properMotionRA +62.78 mas/yr
radialVelocity about +54 km/s
radius about 44 solar radii
rightAscension 04h 35m 55.2s
saoNumber SAO 94027
spectralType K5III
variableType slow irregular variable
visibleToNakedEye true