ALDEBARAN!!!! :DBy: Matthew Kelley

ABOUT ME! :D

I am an average High School student. I like playing video games. I am presenting a power point on

Aldebaran. You are going to listen to my PowerPoint

on Aldebaran. You will learn from my PowerPoint on

Aldebaran.

Why is it called Aldebaran, and what makes it special?

The word Aldebaran is Arabic for "Follower" because it rises after the Pleiades. The Pleiades is a group of 6 stars traveling together through space. The eye of the constellation Taurus, the bull.

It is also the brightest star in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull. 13th brightest star in the night sky (apparent visual magnitude = 0.9)

How big is it, and how bright is it? AND WHY SHOULD YOU CARE!?

It is 50 times the size of the sun. Would almost fill out to the orbit of Mercury.

It is 360 times the sun's luminosity (Mv=-0.49)

Aldebaran is the 14th brightest star.

The reason you should careis because it is a star, and youdon’t ignore stars! >:D

Apparent and Absolute Magnitude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!

Apparent Magnitude = -2.10 Absolute Magnitude = −0.63 Matthew’s Magnitude = Somewhere out

there in space! :3

Aldebaran in fiction! 8D

Aldebaran has appeared or been mentioned in many Star Trek episodes. "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966) "Amok Time" (1967) "Hide and Q" (1987) "Relics" (1992) "Anomaly" (2003)

It also appears in much more, but I have limited room.

Is Aldebaran a planetary system? :O

In 1993, radial velocity measurements of Aldebaran, Arcturus and Pollux showed that Aldebaran exhibited a long-period radial velocity oscillation, which could be interpreted as a substellar companion.

In other words, there may be a substellar companion, but we have no proof!

Myths (Not gossip, but close enough)

Mexican culture: For the Seris of northwestern Mexico, this star is providing light for the seven women giving birth.

Leftovers that couldn’t make a whole slide.

A projected equatorial rotation velocity of 5.2 kilometers per second gives the star a rotation period that could be as long as 400 days.

It is good to view October through March from the Northern middle latitudes.

It is 72 light years away.

Trivia

It is off of the main sequence line of the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram

If Aldebaran were in our Solar System, it would extend halfway to the planet Mercury and would appear 20 degrees across in our sky, its great luminosity making life on Earth quite impossible.

Final thoughts.....

Aldebaran is a mystery.. Aldebaran is easy to research.. Aldebaran is a boss! Because Aldebaran is Aldebaran! Chuck Norris lives on Aldebaran.

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