Deep-sky object
Hyades
Hyades is an open cluster 153 light-years away, in Taurus, about 15 light-years across, seen as it was 153 years ago.
The nearest open cluster, the V of stars that makes the Bull's face; Aldebaran sits in front of it but is not a member.
See it live
It is on the live 3D map, where it really is.
Key facts
- Type
- open cluster
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Distance
- 153 light-years
- Size
- about 15.0 light-years across
- Brightness from Earth
- magnitude 0.5
- Catalogue
- Melotte 25
See it from here
Bright enough to see with your own eyes from a dark place.
How the map draws it
Drawn as a soft glow in the manner of its kind at its measured distance, as wide as it measures; the pattern in it is illustrative and its true shape is not drawn — the kind of thing, not this exact one.