Aldebaran

Aldebaran (α Tau, α Tauri, Alpha Tauri) is a red giant star located about 65 light years away in the zodiac constellation of Taurus. With an average apparent magnitude of 0.87 it is the brightest star in the constellation and is one of the brightest stars in the nighttime sky. The name Aldebaran is Arabic (الدبران al-dabarān) and translates literally as "the follower", presumably because this bright star appears to follow the Pleiades, or "Seven Sisters" star cluster in the night sky.

In 1997 a substellar companion was reported but subsequent observations have not confirmed this claim.

Read more about Aldebaran:  Physical Properties, Visibility, Double Star, Claims of A Planetary System, Etymology, Myths