How Bright Is Aldebaran?

Aldebaran, designated α Tauri, is a giant star measured to be about 65 light-years from the Sun in the zodiac constellation Taurus. It is the brightest star in Taurus and generally the fourteenth-brightest star in the night sky, though it varies slowly in brightness between magnitude 0.75 and 0.95.

Is Aldebaran brighter than the sun?

Aldebaran is cooler than the Sun with a surface temperature of 3,900 K, but its radius is about 44 times the Sun's, so it is over 400 times as luminous.

What is Aldebaran brightness?

Aldebaran, (Arabic: “The Follower”) also called Alpha Tauri, reddish giant star in the constellation Taurus. Aldebaran is one of the 15 brightest stars, with an apparent visual magnitude of 0.85. Its diameter is 44 times that of the Sun.