You can see how the red star Aldebaran smoothly move relative to other stars during 2 million years. Throughout the video, Aldebaran is in the center of the screen.
We see that 470 thousand years ago an optical merge of yellow Capella and Aldebaran could be observed in the sky. There is another video on this topic: Capella Met Aldebaran 470 Thousand Years Ago.
About 326 thousand years ago, Aldebaran passed at a distance of 6.82 parsecs from the Sun and shined as brightly as Sirius currently shines.
Aldebaran is currently located in the constellation Taurus against the background of a scattered cluster of Hyades. The movement of the Hyades cluster is viewed in detail in the following two videos:
Hyades Flew Near us 800 Thousand Years Ago
Hyades Flew Near us 800 Thousand Years Ago (No Comments and No Stops)
After one million years, Aldebaran will be near the Orion constellation, which will be greatly distorted during this time.
Please note, I’ve started drawing stars a little differently now. You can watch my another video about the meeting of Capella and Aldebaran. Previously, the whole Capella looked yellow. Aldebaran looked entirely red. Now both stars are drawn in white, but Capella has a yellow halo, Aldebaran has a red halo. In my opinion, now the stars look even more realistic.
The video was made using own software. Information about the stars is taken from the Hipparcos catalogue.
The track ‘Stuck In The Air’ by The Tower of Light sounds in this video.
