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Aldebaran

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  1. 1
    One of the brightest stars in the sky, now recognised to be a binary star in the constellation Taurus (alpha (α) Tauri); an orange giant, 68 light years from Earth.

    "The kingly brilliancy of Sirius pierced the eye with a steely glitter, the star called Capella was yellow, Aldebaran and Betelgueux shone with a fiery red."

Etymology

From Arabic اَلدَّبَرَان (ad-dabarān, “the follower”), named so because it follows the Pleiades.

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