Aldebaran
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /alˈdɛbəɹən/
- (star) 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. [from 14th c.]
- circa 1390 John Gower, Confessio Amantis:
- To telle riht as he began, / The ferste sterre Aldeboran, / The cliereste and the moste of alle, / Be rihte name men it calle […]
- 1874, Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd:
- 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.
- 2012 December 9, Alan Pickup, in The Guardian:
- The brightest object depicted is Jupiter which stands near the red giant star Aldebaran in Taurus.
- circa 1390 John Gower, Confessio Amantis:
- French: Aldébaran
- German: Aldebaran
- Italian: Aldebaran
- Portuguese: Aldebarã, Aldebaran
- Russian: Альдебара́н
- Spanish: Aldebarán
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