The red giant Aldebaran is the "bull's eye" of this constellation
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Aldebaran: The Star in the Bull's Eye - Space.com  Jul 18, 2013 ... Aldebaran is a prominent star in Taurus that is sometimes used for comparative ... joined with the red giant star Aldebaran and the waning crescent moon in a ... Aldebaran is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus and is...
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Aldebaran: Red Giant at the Eye of the Bull | Astronotes  Mar 3, 2011 ... This is Aldebaran, an old red giant star which dwarfs our Sun. ... after dark on a winter's night you cannot fail to miss the great constellation of Orion ... Often represented as the bull's eye, Aldebaran (or Alpha Tauri) lies 65 light...
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Aldebaran is the Bull's fiery eye | Brightest Stars | EarthSky  Dec 29, 2015 ... Reddish Aldebaran  the fiery eye of the Bull in the constellation Taurus  is an ... See Aldebaran marked as the Bull's Eye? ... That's also how far the light has traveled for your viewing of the red giant star in our night sky.
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Aldebaran - Wikipedia  Aldebaran, designated Alpha Tauri is an orange giant star located about 65 light years from the Sun in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. It is the brightest star in its constellation and usually the fourteenth-brightest ... In Hindu astronomy it is identified as the lunar mansion Rohini ("the red one") and as one of the...
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Aldebaran: the Bull's Eye  WE ARE STAR STUFF  May 1, 2016 ... Aldebaran is a giant orange star, which is actually nowhere near the Hyades, ... be another binary star, but its partner, Aldebaran B, is a red dwarf so faint ... The bull is probably one of the oldest constellations, going right back...
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Deneb is distant and very luminous | Brightest Stars | EarthSky  Aug 18, 2016 ... ... it marks the Swan's Tail. When you hear 'deneb' in a star name, it always means 'tail. ... The constellation Cygnus the Swan. The bright star...
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Hunting Star Clusters? Orion and Bull Constellations Point the Way  Jan 28, 2011 ... The constellations of Orion and Taurus point the way to two shining star ... They can be found in our Milky Way galaxy's local spiral arm, the interior of ... to the star clusters of Hyades and Pleiades in the constellation Taurus, the Bull. ... as the star cluster Pleiades, which is also known as the Seven Sisters.
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Big Dipper Pointers - Fort Worth Astronomical Society  Apr 3, 2014 ... The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major (The Big Bear). ... pole star and never setting) it is therefore visible in northern skies year-round. ... the handle) point to Polaris, the north star, in the constellation Ursa ... Deneb is the tail of the swan, which is flying south for the winter along the Milky Way.
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Major Stars and Star Systems - Zoom Astronomy - Enchanted Learning  Major Stars and Star Systems - Vega, Proxima Centauri. ... Aldebaran is the brightest star in the constellation Taurus (it is one of the bull's eyes) and is the 13th ... star in the constellation Orion and one of the brightest stars in the sky. ... Its mass is about the same as our Sun but it varies in size and brightness over a period of...
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Ursa Major - Wikipedia  Ursa Major /rs medr/ (also known as the Great Bear) is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. One of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy (second century AD), it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It can be visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere.
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The night sky for April 2016 from The night sky this month on podbay  An interesting observation is that the Great Red Spot appears to be ... the Great Red Spot which should then lie on the central meridian of the planet.1st ..... a magnitude of +0.95, red giant Antares shines as the brightest star in Scorpius. ... This is how Antares got its name, as being the rival of Ares, Ant-Ares, the rival of Mars.
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Betelgeuse - Alpha Orionis | Constellation Guide  Aug 14, 2014 ... Betelgeuse, Alpha Orionis, is the second brightest star in Orion ... red in colour, located at an approximate distance of 643 light years from Earth. ... Its apparent magnitude varies from 0.2 to 1.2 over a period of about 400 ..... constellation and much closer to Earth at less than 200 light years, .... Heart Nebula
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Greek Myth about Europa - Windows to the Universe  There, Zeus cast off the shape of the white bull, and back into his human form, ... Even today we can recognize its shape in the constellation Taurus. ... were daughters of Pleione and Atlas, a giant who carried the heavens on his shoulders.
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A Tale of Two Stars: The Inside Story of Orion's Belt - Space.com  Feb 14, 2012 ... Orion is the brightest and most beautiful of the winter constellations. ... is the brightest and grandest of all the constellations: Orion, the Mighty Hunter. ... In contrast, red supergiants like Betelgeuse ("The Armpit of the Giant") are...
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Alhena | StarDate Online  Dec 28, 2014 ... Gemini is known for its two brightest stars, which mark the heads of the ... the eastern sky in early evening, with Castor standing a bit above its twin. ... Since it's less massive than its companion, it'll live billions of years longer.
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Constellations by Hannah Szefi on Prezi  May 6, 2013 ... By: Hannah Szefi Constelltions History of Constellations Orion The ... including some of the well-known ones like Ursa Major (The Great ... Hercules wanted to kill Hydra, The Great Sea Monster. ... Leo becomes visible during the vernal equinox. ... It can also translate literally to "creature with burning sting.
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Ursa Major - Wikipedia  Ursa Major /rs medr is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. One of ... The Big Dipper and the constellation as a whole have mythological ... are commonly drawn to represent the hindquarters and tail of the Great Bear. ... and tail of the bear (or the ladle and handle of the dipper).  Ursae Majoris,...
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Betelgeuse will explode someday | Brightest Stars | EarthSky  Jan 26, 2016 ... And by one estimate, it's only 430 light-years away! ... Earth is too far away for this explosion to harm, much less destroy, life on Earth. ... The arcs are thought to be material ejected from Betelgeuse as it evolved into a red supergiant. ... Of course the Giant refers to Orion, but  rather than an armpit  some...
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The Constellations - Enchanted Learning Software  A constellation is a group of stars that, when seen from Earth, form a pattern. ... Taurus, the bull ... the Orion Family: 5 constellations, including Orion (the hunter), Canis Major and Canis Minor (Orion's two gods), Monoceros (the unicorn), Lepus (the hare). ... of the zodiac located along the ecliptic between Pisces and Taurus.
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The Zodiacal Sky: Aries, Taurus and Gemini  Star map showing the zodiac constellations Aries, Taurus and Gemini plus ... a red giant variable star with a distinctly orange-red colour in Orion, the Hunter, .... between the poem and the constellation is confirmed because of the bull's ..... The constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn, is positioned between Procyon and Sirius.
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NIGHT SKY~THE GREAT BEAR & THE LITTLE BEAR  A very large constellation, Ursa Major is best known for its famous asterism or star ... the Great Bear places the Big Dipper in the rump and the tail of the bear. ... the dipper on the Bear's shoulder like a saddle and the tip of the handle forms the...