Aldebaran



=Aldebaran=

Aldebaran's Constellation Friends (Other Taurus stars)

 * [[image:Alcyone.jpg width="124" height="142" link="Alcyone"]]Alcyone || [[image:Electra.jpg width="143" height="109"]]Electra ||

About Taurus
Taurus is a zodiac constellation. This means that as the earth rotates the sun is in between Taurus and the Earth for a portion of the year.

Taurus, the bull, represents Zeus when he turned into a white bull to seduce Europa. It is also related to the story of the Minotaur who was trapped in the center of the labyrinth.

Parallax (A way to measure distance in space)
Parallax is how we know how far Aldebaran is from the sun. When we look at a star from two different perspectives it appears to move, we can use this to determine distance. The steps of parallax are:
 * 1) Two perspectives
 * 2) Trigonometry
 * 3) etc.

Aldebaran's parallax angle is 50.09 arcseconds. To find the distance we use this equation: