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01-31-2019, 01:20 PM
Hyades star cluster: Face of Taurus
Bruce McClure in FAVORITE STAR PATTERNS | January 31, 2019
Meet the bright star Aldebaran, part of a V-shaped pattern of stars called the Hyades. This easy-to-find star cluster represents the face of Taurus the Bull.
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2009/06/Hyades-Lodriguss-e1484665161541.jpg
The Hyades. Copyright Jerry Lodriguss/AstroPix.com
With the exception of the Ursa Major Moving Cluster, the Hyades cluster is the closest star cluster to Earth, at a distance of 150 light-years. This cluster is very easy to spot in the night sky, because it has a compact and distinctive shape of the letter V. The bright star Aldebaran is part of the V.
The V shape represents the Face of the Bull in the constellation Taurus. Aldebaran represents the Bull’s fiery red eye.
http://en.es-static.us/upl/files/best_hyades.jpg
The brightest star in the V is Aldebaran. The small dipper-shaped
Pleiades star cluster is nearby.
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2014/01/2014-january-10-text-orion-aldebaran-betelgeuse-rigel-pleiades-night-sky-chart.jpg
Here are Orion, the bright star Aldebaran in Taurus, and the Pleiades. Notice
the three stars of Orion’s Belt, that is, three stars in a short row. Notice that
these stars point to Aldebaran.
The Hyades cluster is easy to find by using Orion’s Belt, a compact and noticeable line of three blue-white stars in the constellation Orion the Hunter. Draw a line westward (generally toward your sunset direction) through the Belt stars, and you will come to the bright reddish star Aldebaran, the Bull’s fiery red eye.
Bruce McClure in FAVORITE STAR PATTERNS | January 31, 2019
Meet the bright star Aldebaran, part of a V-shaped pattern of stars called the Hyades. This easy-to-find star cluster represents the face of Taurus the Bull.
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2009/06/Hyades-Lodriguss-e1484665161541.jpg
The Hyades. Copyright Jerry Lodriguss/AstroPix.com
With the exception of the Ursa Major Moving Cluster, the Hyades cluster is the closest star cluster to Earth, at a distance of 150 light-years. This cluster is very easy to spot in the night sky, because it has a compact and distinctive shape of the letter V. The bright star Aldebaran is part of the V.
The V shape represents the Face of the Bull in the constellation Taurus. Aldebaran represents the Bull’s fiery red eye.
http://en.es-static.us/upl/files/best_hyades.jpg
The brightest star in the V is Aldebaran. The small dipper-shaped
Pleiades star cluster is nearby.
http://en.es-static.us/upl/2014/01/2014-january-10-text-orion-aldebaran-betelgeuse-rigel-pleiades-night-sky-chart.jpg
Here are Orion, the bright star Aldebaran in Taurus, and the Pleiades. Notice
the three stars of Orion’s Belt, that is, three stars in a short row. Notice that
these stars point to Aldebaran.
The Hyades cluster is easy to find by using Orion’s Belt, a compact and noticeable line of three blue-white stars in the constellation Orion the Hunter. Draw a line westward (generally toward your sunset direction) through the Belt stars, and you will come to the bright reddish star Aldebaran, the Bull’s fiery red eye.