| 1 | Left of Venus, the bright star Aldebaran anchors the V-shaped Hyades star cluster. | |
| 2 | Another evacuation called Hyades cluster, located in the vicinity of Aldebaran , but Aldebaran is not its members. | |
| 3 | Contrast Capella with Aldebaran, shining in the constellation Taurus to the right, and to the stars of the misty Pleiades cluster higher up. | |
| 4 | It's easy to overlook Aldebaran in this scene, but this star is the brightest one in Taurus. | |
| 5 | At 3 o'clock in the morning on that date, Mars will rise in the eastern sky alongside the red giant star Aldebaran . |