Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A double star in the constellation Taurus, 68 light years from Earth, and one of the brightest stars in the sky.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A chrome star of magnitude 1.0; a Tauri.
- noun A chrome star of magnitude 1.0; a Tauri.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (Astron.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- proper noun astronomy A
binary star in theconstellation Taurus ; alpha (α) Tauri. Anorange giant , 68light years fromEarth , and one of thebrightest stars in thesky .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the brightest star in Taurus
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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His roan Aldebaran is only one of the four superb thoroughbreds that are the real stars of the show.
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His roan Aldebaran is only one of the four superb thoroughbreds that are the real stars of the show.
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We were also able to go see William Wesley Peters 'farm called Aldebaran, which is very sweet ...
PrairieMod Photo Journal: A Fall Weekend at Taliesin in Spring Green, WI 2007
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Krishna Janmashtami is observed on the eighth day, Ashtami tithi, of the dark half or Krishna Paksha of the month of Bhaadra in the Hindu calendar, when the Rohini Nakshatra called Aldebaran in the West is ascendant.
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Once he actually called Aldebaran a red star, but Rugel either did not hear the slip or thought he was repeating what one of the
The Colors of Space Marion Zimmer Bradley 1964
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For instance we know positively that the bright star called Aldebaran near the constellation of the Pleiades is retreating from us at a rate of almost two thousand miles a minute.
Marvels of Modern Science Paul Severing
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The moon, Mars and a bright star called Aldebaran are putting on a great skywatching show this week.
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Don't confuse it with reddish Aldebaran, which is up and to Mercury's left.
News Review - Top Stories Paul Morgan 2009
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Don't confuse it with reddish Aldebaran, which is up and to Mercury's left.
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Shining at a magnitude of +1.1, this red colored planet will be near, but above the red star Aldebaran, which is about the same magnitude.
The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories Mike Hotka 2009
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