Aldebaran
K5 III red giant star and primary component of the Aldebaran system in Taurus
Also known as Alpha Tauri A · 87 Tauri A · α Tauri A · α Tau A · Aldebaran A · 87 Tauri
- Constellation
- Distance from Earth
- 20.43 pc
- Apparent magnitude
- 0.86
- , 4.32
- , 2.4
- +5 more
- Spectral class
- K5III
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Sources- 1.Stated in G.P. Kuiper's spectral classifications of proper-motion stars
- 2.Stated in Spectral Classification
- 3.Stated in Space-velocity vectors for 3483 stars with proper motion and radial velocity
- 4.Stated in Spectral classification of Southern fundamental stars
- 5.Stated in Stellar groups. VI. Space motions of the dwarfs A-type and giant M-type stars in the solar neighbourhood
- 6.Stated in Photoelectric measurements of the lambda 4200 A CN band and the G band in G8-K5 spectra
- K5III
- Mass
- 1.13 M☉
- Radius
- 45.1 R☉
- Right ascension
- 68.9802 degree
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- 68.9802 degree
- Declination
- 16.5093 degree
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- 16.5093 degree
Related
All data
246 statements · 84% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations
- Catalog code
- 2MASS J04355524+1630331 catalog: 2MASS
1
- GSC 01266-01416 catalog: Guide Star Catalog
1
- HD 29139 catalog: Henry Draper Catalogue
1
- HIP 21421 catalog: Hipparcos Catalogue
1
- HR 1457 catalog: Bright Star Catalogue
1
- IRAS 04330+1624 catalog: IRAS
1
- SAO 94027 catalog: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog
1
- GJ 171.1 A catalog: Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars
1
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- GJ 9159 A catalog: Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars
1
- α Tau catalog: Bayer designation
- ADS 3321 A catalog: Aitken Double Star Catalogue
1
- ASCC 838711 catalog: All-sky Compiled Catalogue
1
- BD+16 629 catalog: Durchmusterung
1
- CCDM J04359+1631A catalog: Catalog of Components of Double and Multiple Stars
1
- CEL 436 catalog: Celescope Catalogue of Ultraviolet Magnitudes
1
- CSV 6116 catalog: Catalogue of suspected variable stars
1
- FK5 168 catalog: FK5
1
- GC 5605 catalog: Boss General Catalogue
1
- GCRV 2689 catalog: General Catalogue of Stellar Radial Velocities
1
- HIC 21421 catalog: Hipparcos Input Catalogue
1
- IDS 04302+1619 A catalog: Index Catalogue of Visual Double Stars
1
- IRC +20087 catalog: Two-Micron Sky Survey
1
- JP11 898 catalog: JP11
1
- LSPM J0435+1630 catalog: LSPM-NORTH catalog
1
- LTT 11462 catalog: Luyten Two-Tenths catalogue
1
- N30 962 catalog: Catalog of 5,268 Standard Stars Based on the Normal System N30
1
- NLTT 13584 catalog: New Luyten Two-Tenths catalogue
1
- PLX 1014 catalog: General Catalogue of Trigonometric Stellar Parallaxes
1
- PMC 90-93 119 catalog: Tokyo Photoelectric Meridian Circle Catalog
1
- PPM 120061 catalog: PPM Star Catalogue
1
- RAFGL 601 catalog: Revised AFGL catalogue
1
- ROT 655 catalog: Catalogue of rotational velocities of the stars
1
- SRS 30168 catalog: Southern Reference Star Catalog
1
- TD1 3349 catalog: TD1 Catalog of Stellar Ultraviolet Fluxes
1
- TYC 1266-1416-1 catalog: Tycho Catalogue
1
- UBV 4426 catalog: UBV Photoelectric Photometry Catalogue
1
- alf Tau catalog: General Catalogue of Variable Stars
1
- WDS J04359+1631A catalog: Washington Double Star Catalog
1
- YZ 16 1233 catalog: Yale Observatory Zone Catalog
1
- uvby98 100029139 catalog: uvbyβ Photoelectric Photometric Catalogue
1
- 87 Tau catalog: Flamsteed designation
1
- TIC 245873777 catalog: TESS Input Catalog
1
- AG+16 400 catalog: AGK3U
1
- UBV M 10223 catalog: UBV Photoelectric Photometry Catalogue
1
- WEB 4111 catalog: Vitesses radiales. Catalogue WEB: Wilson Evans Batten. Radial velocities: The Wilson-Evans-Batten catalogue
1
- 2MASS J04355524+1630331 catalog: 2MASS
- Effective temperature
- 3,914 K
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- 3,914 K
- Parallax
- 50 milliarcsecond
- 0.09 arcsecond
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- Radial velocity
- 54.398 kilometre per second
- Epoch
- J2000.0
2
Sources- 1.Stated in Validation of the new Hipparcos reduction
- 2.Stated in SIMBAD
- J2000.0
- Stellar rotational velocity
- 4.3 kilometre per second
- Right ascension component of proper motion
- 65.15 milliarcsecond per year
- Declination component of proper motion
- -190.02 milliarcsecond per year
- Name
- α Tauri
- α Tau
- Alpha Tauri
- Alpha Tau
- Aldebaran
- 87 Tauri
- 87 Tau
- रोहिणी
1
- Surface gravity
- 15 centimetre per square second
1
- 15 centimetre per square second
On other databases
16 identifiers linking Aldebaran across the web's reference databases
- ARICNS00382
- De Agostini IDAldebaràn
- Encyclopædia Britannica Online IDplace/Aldebaran
- Freebase ID/m/013dn
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana IDaldebaran
- Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)0002148
- Great Norwegian Encyclopedia IDAldebaran
- Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)1815601
- Interlingual Index IDi84945
- KBpedia IDAldebaran-Star
- Lex IDAldebaran
- NASA Exoplanet Archive IDalf Tau
- Pixiv Encyclopedia IDおうし座α星
- Quora topic IDAldebaran
- SIMBAD ID* alf Tau
- WordNet 3.1 Synset ID09215340-n
