Orange giant, eye of the Bull
Aldebaran
The red eye of Taurus. Pioneer 10 is drifting in its direction and would arrive in about two million years.
- Distance
- 65.3 light years
- Surface
- 3,637 °C
- Size
- 44 × the Sun
Outer layers
- H 73%
- He 25%
- O, C, Fe and heavier 2%
Cool enough for titanium oxide and water molecules in its outer layers
Modelled from typical stellar abundances