Hyades
DSS image of Hyades
Overlaid DSS image of Hyades, 120' x 120' with north at top and west to the right

Aladin viewer for the region around Hyades
Melotte 25, Mel 25, Collinder 50, Cr 50, Lund 128, C 0424+157, OCL 456.0

Type  Open Cluster
Magnitude  0.5
Size  329'
Right Ascension  4h 26' 54.0"  (2000)
Declination  15° 52' 0" N
Constellation  Taurus
Description  vvB, vvL, irr
Classification  II3m
Observing Notes

Andrew Cooper
Aug 31, 2008    Hale Pohaku, HI (map)
76mm APO @ 14x
Seeing: 7 Transparency: 7.5 Moon: 0%

Large! Beautiful! a loose conglomeration of bright and dim stars spread across the field, most of this object visible in the 5° field of the 76mm with the 35mm Panoptic, most of the stars seem very blue, particularly when contrasted with the vivid orange of Aldebaran, strictly a binocular or RFT object, or simply unaided eye

Andrew Cooper
Jan 5, 2008    Pu'u Kuainiho, HI (map)
12x36 Canon Image Stabilized Binoculars @ 12x
Moon: 0%

Large, bright, a v-shaped asterism forms the structure of the cluster with the bright orange star Aldebaran (αTau) anchoring one corner, obvious to the unaided eye, fills the binocular view with a rich field, about 100+ stars in clumps through the entire 5° field
Other Data Sources for Hyades
Nearby objects for Hyades
9 objects found within 60'
63 Tauri 70 Tauri 71 Tauri
75 Tauri 80 Tauri 81 Tauri
Chamukuy HD 28527 Theta1 Tauri
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Drawings, descriptions, and CCD photos are copyright Andrew Cooper unless otherwise noted, no usage without permission.

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Hyades