Mass2.3 nonillion kg
428 octillionUnabridged dictionaries
16.5 septillionBlue whales
513 octillionHouse cats
About 1.16 solar masses
Photo from Wikimedia Commons
Aldebaran
The angry red eye of Taurus the Bull/Stars
Aldebaran is an orange giant star that forms the glaring eye of the constellation Taurus. Despite being only about 1.16 times the mass of the Sun, it has swollen to roughly 44 times the Sun's diameter as it exhausts its hydrogen fuel. It shines with a warm orange glow that has made it one of the most recognizable stars in the night sky for thousands of years.
Measurements
Diameter61.2 billion m
12.2 quadrillionSpider silk threads
816 trillionHuman hair widths
About 44 solar diameters
Distance from Earth622 quadrillion m
1.2 quadrillionMall of America lengths
41.5 quintillionBlueberry diameters
23 trillionMalta lengths
About 65 light-years
Surface temperature3,910 K
1.06Welding arcs
12.5Dog body temperatures
12.6Penguin egg pouches
Luminosity200 octillion W
1.3 octillionRefrigerator compressors
522Sun luminosities
About 518 solar luminosities
Radial velocity54,260 m/s
1.4 tenthsSolar winds
4.85Earth escape velocities
5,197Usain Bolts
Moving toward us at 54.26 km/s