Hyades
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- noun
- /ˈhaɪəˌdiːz/
- Literature
- The Hyades are known for their distinctive V shape when observed through a telescope.
- Hyades star cluster
- Hyades stars
Examples
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Adding interest to this eclipse is the Moon's location in the sky, in a rich star field of the northernmost part of the Hyades star cluster in the constellation Taurus.
Academic text (1993) -
All clusters comparable in age to the Hyades, about 700 million years, show the gap, while only those younger than about 100 million years, such as the Pleiades, do not show it.
Academic text (1990) -
The Bull's bright stars and easily recognized star clusters (the Pleiades and the Hyades) make it easy to follow Mars' shifting position.
Academic text (1990) -
October 8: After 9:00 P.M., look in the east for the waning gibbous moon and Mars, almost in line with Aldebaran and the V-shaped Hyades cluster.
Academic text (1990) -
I spent much time exploring the "lithium gap" that Michael Tripicco and I had found in the Hyades stars in the narrow mass range of 20 to 30% larger than the Sun; we had used the CFHT and the 88-inch telescopes on Mauna Kea for this discovery.
Academic text (1993) -
On clear nights, you can easily spot the Hyades cluster in the constellation Taurus.
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Astronomers often study the Hyades to learn about the formation of star clusters.
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word Hyades comes from ancient Greek and probably means 'the rainy ones', from a verb hyáō that means 'to rain'. That's why these sisters and the star cluster were linked to rain in old stories, so when the Hyades rose people expected wet weather.