アルデバラン vs アンタレス

Property アルデバラン アンタレス
名称 87Alp Tau 21Alp Sco
星座 Taurus Scorpius
スペクトル型 Class K — K-type (Orange) Class M — M-type (Red)
見かけの等級 +0.87 +1.06
絶対等級 -0.68 -5.09
距離 66.6 ly 554 ly
質量 N/A N/A
半径 N/A N/A
温度 N/A N/A
光度 N/A N/A

Key Differences

  • Both are prominent red giant/supergiant stars that appear orange-red in the sky and are often compared.
  • Antares is a true red supergiant at ~680 R☉; Aldebaran is a more modest orange giant at ~44 R☉.
  • Antares is about 604 light-years away; Aldebaran is much closer at ~65 light-years.
  • Antares is a supernova candidate; Aldebaran is not massive enough to end as a supernova.
  • Aldebaran appears to be in the Hyades cluster but is actually an unrelated foreground star.

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