Aldebaran And Betelgeuse - 15FEB2009

February 15, 2009

Two bright orange stars stand high in the south this evening. Aldebaran is at one point of a V-shaped pattern of stars that outlines the face of Taurus, the bull. And Betelgeuse, to its southeast, is at the top left corner of a rectangle that outlines Orion, the hunter.

Aldebaran, The Eye Of Taurus - 04FEB2009

February 4, 2009

A star that huddles close to the Moon tonight shows us what the Sun will look like in the future. Aldebaran, the orange "eye" of Taurus, the bull, is nearing the end of its life, so it has puffed up like a balloon. The Sun will experience this same fate in several billion years.

Eye Of Taurus - 18JAN2009

January 18, 2009

The baleful eye of Taurus, the bull, stares unblinking from high in the sky tonight. Orange Aldebaran is one of the brightest stars in the night sky, and one that gives us a glimpse of the fate of our own star, the Sun.