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Aldebaran

orange giant · the eye of the Bull

65 light-years from Earth

Aldebaran, drawn in ASCII characters

An orange giant 44 times wider than the Sun. Pioneer 10 is heading its way and will pass it in about 2 million years.

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kind
star
size
0.42 AU across

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