Star Cluster
The nearest open cluster to the Sun, forming the V-shaped face of Taurus, though Aldebaran only appears to belong to it and lies much closer.
| Type | Star Cluster |
|---|---|
| Cluster type | Open |
| Distance from Earth | 153 ly |
| Diameter | 331,100,000,000,000 km |
| Mass | 7.96 × 10^32 kg |
| Apparent magnitude | 0.5 |
| Redshift | 0 |
| Discovered | 150 |
At 331,100,000,000,000 km across, Hyades is 25,984,931,722 times the diameter of Earth.
Its mass is 400 times the mass of the Sun.
The light reaching us from Hyades tonight left it around 153 years ago.
Of the 12 star clusters these pages cover, only 0 lie closer to us.
It has been on record since the year 150.
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