Hyades
At a glance
- Type
- Star cluster
- Distance
- Nearby (under 1,000 light years)
- Naked eye
- Seen without a telescope
- Known since
- Before telescopes (before 1600)
- Colour
- White, Yellow
- Feature
- Nothing special
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Hard
Did you know?
- In Greek myth the Hyades were daughters of Atlas and sisters of the Pleiades.
- The bright star Aldebaran seems to sit among them, but it is much closer to us.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q13511 · All space objects · All entries