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7 unusual facts about Aldebaran


Aldebaran

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

In Hindu astronomy it is identified as the lunar mansion Rohini ("the red one") and as one of the twenty-seven daughters of Daksha and the wife of the god Chandra.

Cretan Bull

Apart from being a bull, Taurus contains a very bright and red star (Aldebaran), meaning that many took it to be evil.

Des canyons aux étoiles...

# Les ressucités et le chant de l'étoile Aldebaran ("The resurrected and the song of the star Aldebaran")

Domenico Maria Novara da Ferrara

At Bologna, Novara was assisted by Copernicus, with whom he observed a lunar occultation of Aldebaran.

LineWars II

Since no pirate activity has been detected in your assigned system for many years, StarBase Captain Wanobi has decided to keep only you and the 110-year old cyborg, Sir Dak Wyntol, who was a fighter in the historical battle at Aldebaran, to protect the StarBase.

Medicine Wheel/Medicine Mountain National Historic Landmark

Further, he found that cairn pairs FO, FA, and FB correspond to the rising points of the stars Sirius, Aldebaran, and Rigel, respectively.


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