Aldebaran

Aldebaran, also known as Alpha Tauri, was a unary star system in the Alpha Quadrant. There were at least three planets in this system, including Aldebaran III which was home to a Federation outpost. (; )
== Lifeforms ==
It was the home system of such non-sentient animal life as the Aldebaran mud leech, the Aldebaran serpent, and the Aldebaran shellmouth. (; ; )
== History ==
In 2135, the was launched from Earth on a diplomatic mission to this system. It was listed on the chart Interstellar Expeditions to Sectors 184/02-185/38: Launched From Sol System, Earth Dates 2123-2190, which was seen on a screen in Jean-Luc Picard's ready room aboard the . (, okudagram) The system was inhabited by Humans by the 23rd century. 
In 2257, during the first , this star system was occupied by the Klingons. () 
During the 2260s, Janet and Theodore Wallace performed experiments using various carbohydrate compounds to slow down the degeneration of plant life at a Federation outpost on Aldebaran III. ()
In 2345, Michael O'Brien sent a recorded audition of his son Miles O'Brien playing the cello to the Aldebaran Music Academy. ()
== Products ==
Aldebaran whiskey and Aldebaran drum sets were products made in this system. (; ) 
=== See also ===
* Aldebaron III
* Aldebaron colony
== Stellar Cartography ==
The Aldebaran system was visible from Earth in the constellation Taurus. This system was approximately 65.3 light years from Sol. 
This system was near the Ficus sector. (, okudagram)
In 2256, the location of Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri) was labeled on the star chart "Alpha/Beta Quadrant Overview" in the ready room aboard the . ()
In 2259, the location of this system was labeled on a stellar cartography chart that was seen on the 's ready room viewscreen. This system's symbol had a color, indicating that it was affiliated with the . () 
In 2293, the location of Aldebaran in the Milky Way Galaxy was labeled on the star chart The Explored Galaxy, which was seen in James T. Kirk's quarters aboard the . (, okudagram)
In the early 24th century, the location of Aldebaran was labeled in a chart used during a Section 31 briefing. ()
In 2365, the location of Aldebaran was labeled in a Subspace Comm Net Ops star chart, which was seen in the courtroom on Starbase 173. 
This system was connected to Daran V and an unnamed location by subspace lines. ()
The system's location was labeled in a Federation star chart that was in Fleet Admiral Kirsten Clancy's office at Starfleet Headquarters in 2399 and on the bridge of the in 2401. The Aldebaran system was in or near to Federation space. ()
In 3189, the location of Aldebaran was denoted on a holographic star chart of the galaxy at Federation Headquarters. ()
== Appendices ==
=== Background information ===
Information on this system was derived from the episodes and films, from the reference works Star Trek: Star Charts and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library, and from real world sources. The reference works were used extensively in the creation of star charts seen in , , , , and .
According to StarTrek.com, the primary of the Aldebaran system was named Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri). It is a spectral type K5 star located 68 light years from Sol. (Recent measurements of the distance place the system approximately 65 light years from Sol.) It is one of the brightest stars in Earth's night sky. 
For the remastered episode "Up The Long Ladder", Aldebaran replaced Alderaan.
In the Star Trek: Star Charts (p. 62) and Stellar Cartography: The Starfleet Reference Library ("Federation Historical Highlights, 2161-2385"), Aldebaran (Alpha Tauri) is a quadruple system with a trio of K-class stars and one M-class star. In 2385, this is a Federation system. Current astronomical studies of the system identify it as a unary star system.
A scene from the script of would have had the Enterprise scheduled to visit a place called Aldebaran Zeta.
In the first draft script of , Travis Mayweather told a ghost story about a brain-sucking carnivore on a planet in the "Aldeberan system", though T'Pol refuted the tale, saying there were no such lifeforms in that system. During the episode's development, this ghost story instead became one about George Webb.
In August 2024, an annotated computer paste-up of the star chart from "The Measure Of A Man" was put up for auction in the Entertainment Memorabiliia Live Auction: Los Angeles Summer 2024 by Propstore Auction. 
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