BOUNDLESS EXPANSE 3D

Hyades

STAR CLUSTER · the Bull's face
Hyades
AI illustration of the real object
DISTANCE about 150 light yearsSHAPE the V of Taurus

The closest open star cluster to Earth, forming the V shaped face of Taurus the Bull. The bright orange star Aldebaran looks like its leader but is actually a foreground photobomber at less than half the distance. Because the Hyades are so close, astronomers used them as the first rung on the ladder of cosmic distance measurement.

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