Hyades
plural noun
Hy·a·des
ˈhī-ə-ˌdēz 
: a V-shaped cluster of stars in the head of the constellation Taurus held by the ancients to indicate rainy weather when they rise with the sun
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Uranus will be high in the southwest, north of the Hyades star cluster and the bright orange star Aldebaran in the constellation Taurus.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Jupiter is also accompanied by two naked-eye star clusters (the Pleiades and Hyades) and an entourage of other bright winter stars, the most notable of which is orange Aldebaran which marks the angry eye of the constellation of Taurus the Bull and lies in relatively close proximity below Jupiter.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Stick around for Pleiades and Hyades Want to impress your friends at the Super Bowl party even more?
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2024
Eddington and his group hastily captured images of a star cluster found near the Sun that day, called the Hyades, found in the constellation of Taurus.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
The entire sky will be lit up with not only these planets and the moon, but also the Pleiades, Aldebaran and the Hyades star clusters, along with the Orion Nebula.
—Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 27 Mar. 2025
Jupiter is also accompanied by two naked-eye star clusters (the Pleiades and Hyades) and an entourage of other bright winter stars, the most notable of which is orange Aldebaran which marks the angry eye of the constellation of Taurus the Bull and lies in relatively close proximity below Jupiter.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Stick around for Pleiades and Hyades Want to impress your friends at the Super Bowl party even more?
—Dean Regas, The Enquirer, 11 Feb. 2024
Eddington and his group hastily captured images of a star cluster found near the Sun that day, called the Hyades, found in the constellation of Taurus.
—Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
The entire sky will be lit up with not only these planets and the moon, but also the Pleiades, Aldebaran and the Hyades star clusters, along with the Orion Nebula.
—Caralin Nunes, The Arizona Republic, 18 Jan. 2024
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“Hyades.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Hyades. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.
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