Hyades Cluster

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:open_cluster
gptkbp:age about 625 million years
gptkbp:angularSize 330 arcminutes
gptkbp:apparentMagnitude 0.5
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Hyades_Stream
gptkbp:brightestStar gptkb:Theta_Tauri
gptkbp:cataloguedIn gptkb:Giovanni_Battista_Hodierna
Charles Messier (not included in Messier catalogue)
gptkbp:catalogueNumber gptkb:Collinder_50
gptkb:Melotte_25
gptkb:OCL_456
NGC 1647 (sometimes confused, but not the same)
gptkbp:contains gptkb:binary_stars
gptkb:white_dwarfs
variable stars
brown dwarfs
main sequence stars
red giants
gptkbp:coreRadius 2.7 parsecs
gptkbp:declination +15° 52′
gptkbp:discoveredBy prehistory
gptkbp:distanceFromEarth about 153 light-years
gptkbp:epoch gptkb:J2000
gptkbp:galacticLatitude 180.05°
-22.40°
gptkbp:hasColorIndex B-V = 0.15
gptkbp:hasEscapeVelocity about 0.3 km/s
gptkbp:hasInfraredSources yes
gptkbp:hasTidalTail yes
gptkbp:hasXRaySources yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Hyades Cluster
gptkbp:locatedIn constellation Taurus
gptkbp:luminosity about 400 times Sun
gptkbp:mass about 400 solar masses
gptkbp:metallicity [Fe/H] ≈ +0.14
gptkbp:namedAfter Hyades (mythology)
gptkbp:nearestOpenClusterToEarth true
gptkbp:notableMember Aldebaran (foreground star, not a member)
gptkbp:parallax 21.91 mas
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Milky_Way
gptkbp:properMotionRA high
gptkbp:radialVelocity 39.2 km/s
gptkbp:rating about 300
gptkbp:rightAscension 04h 27m
gptkbp:shape V-shaped
gptkbp:spectralType A, F, G, K, M
gptkbp:studiedBy stellar evolution
gptkbp:tidalRadius 10 parsecs
gptkbp:usedFor distance calibration
gptkbp:visibleToNakedEye true
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:C41_(Hyades)
gptkb:Messier_44
gptkb:Melotte_25
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7