|Recognized since antiquity and depicted on the shield of
Achilles according to Homer, stars of the form the head of the
constellation Taurus the Bull. Their general V-shape is anchored
by the eye of the Bull and by far the constellation's brightest
star. Yellowish in appearance, red giant Aldebaran is not a
Hyades cluster Modern astronomy puts Hyades cluster 151 light-
years away making it the nearest established open star cluster,
while Aldebaran lies at less than half that distance, along the
same with colorful Hyades stars, this stellar holiday portrait
locates Aldebaran just below center, as well as another star
cluster in Taurus, NGC 1647 at the left, some 2,000 light-years
or more in the background. Just slide your cursor over the image
to identify the stars. The central Hyades stars are spread out
over about 15 light-years. Formed some 800 million years ago,
the Hyades star cluster may share a common origin (Praesepe), a
naked-eye open star cluster in Cancer, based on M44's motion
through space and rem