images

Hyades and Pleiades open clusters

by

J.Lodriguss/Novapix

Reference

a-aou90-00010

Date

2006-05-07

The Pleiades is a relatively nearby open cluster, which according to new data from the Hipparcos satellite is located at a distance of 370 light years. The Hyades (at left) is another open cluster located even closer at a distance of 153 light years.