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The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Hyades , in astronomy, open star cluster in the constellation Taurus, located immediately to the right of the bright star Aldebaran. The cluster is about 130 light-years from the earth. It consists of about 100 stars all moving in the same direction. Its shape is that of an oblate spheroid, with most of the stars lying within 20 light-years of the center. Most of the stars in this cluster are of spectral class G and K and are average in size, with temperatures that are comparable to that of the sun. The nebular variable star T Tauri is part of this cluster. The Hyades is important as a... Read more

Hyades
Hyades A large, V-shaped open cluster in Taurus, spanning over 5° of sky. It contains about 200 stars, and is estimated to be 660 million years old. The cluster lies 150 l.y...its true diameter is about 15 l.y. Comparison of the brightness of its stars with those in other clusters enables the distances ... Read more

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	May Nights Out ; ...about an hour after sunset; nearby are the Pleiades (discernable through binoculars), the V-shaped Hyades star cluster, and, seemingly part of the Hyades, the orange star Aldebaran. 3 High in the south-southwest as evening twilight ends, Saturn is set... Read more
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	Will's star cluster theory on UFO ; ...Taylor in Livermead may have been a star cluster known as the Hyades. Will, who has a degree in astrophysics and has worked as a...He said: "Combined with the fact the brightest star in the Hyades is a prominent red giant star, Aldeberan, nearing the end of... Read more
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