✧ Hyades V The Hyades V are an asterism in Taurus. ·⡀ ⠳⡄ ⠙⣆ ⠈⢧⡀ ⠳⡄ ⠙⣆ ⠈· ⠈⢧ ⠘⣆ •⣄⡀ ⠸⡄ ⠉⠓⠦⣄⡀ ⢹⡀ ⠉⠳⢤⣀ ⢳ ⠈⠙·⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠬· Type Asterism Constellation Taurus Stars 5 More information about Hyades V The Hyades are the nearest star cluster to us, 150 light years away, and they make the V of stars that forms the face of Taurus, the bull. Aldebaran sits at one end of the V but is not part of it: it lies less than half as far away, in front of the group by chance. Because the cluster's stars all move together, astronomers could measure its distance directly, and that measurement anchored the scale of everything beyond it. The Greek name is disputed: ὕειν, "to rain", because the group rises before dawn as the wet season begins, or ὗς, "pig", which the Romans took literally and called them the Suculae, "the little pigs". Not settled: Read as the rainers, from hyein, to rain, and as the piglets, from hys, a pig, which is how Latin took it: Suculae, the little pigs. Etymology From English, after the Greek Reading Hyades · Ὑάδες Literally disputed The evolution of Hyades V over time -50,000 years ⢀ • Aldebaran Ain ·⠣⡀ ⠳⡀ ⠙⢄ ⠑⣄ ⠈⠣⡀ ⠘⢆ ⠙⢄ ⢳⡀ ⠈⠣⡀ ⠑⡄ ⠈⢢⡀ ⠘⢆ ⠑⣄ ⢣⡀ ⠈· Hyadum II ⠱⡀ ⠘⡆ ⠈⢦ ⠘⡄ ⠈⠣⡀ ⠸⡀ ⠱⡄ ⠹⡀ ⠈⢆ ⠱⡀ ⠈⢣ ⢣ ·⠒⠒⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⢧ ⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠑⠚· Hyadum I now Ain ·⢄ ⠳⣀ ⠈⢢⡀ ⠑⢆ ⠑⢄ ⠈⠣⡀ ⠈⢦ · Hyadum II ⢧ ⠈⢆ Aldebaran ⠘⡄ ⠐•⠤⣄⡀ ⠹⡄ ⠈⠉⠒⠢⢤⣀ ⢱⡀ ⠉⠑⠲⠤⢄⣀ ⢳ ·⠉⠉⠉⠉⠑⠒⠒⠒⠒⠤⠤⠤⠤⢄⣀⣀⣀⣇ · Hyadum I +50,000 years Ain ·⡀ ⠉⢦ ⠙⢄ ⠑⢄ ⠈⠱⡄ ⠈⠣⡄ ⠈⢢ · Hyadum II ⠈⡆ ⠸⡄ ⢱ ⢧ ⠈⡆ ⢀·⠒⠒⠢⠤⠤⠤⢄⣀⣀⣀⣀ ⠸⡄ ⢀⡔⠃ ⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠒· Hyadum I ⡰⠊ ⣠⠚ ⢠⠔⠁ ⢀⠴⠁ • Aldebaran Over 50,000 years either way the longest side of this figure changes by 8%, and the furthest any of its stars travels is 3.2 degrees. Aldebaran drifts the opposite way to the other 4, which travel together. Proper motion only: this is the shape changing, not the sky turning or the pole moving. curl 'skymap.sh/Hyades%20V/evolution.gif' where it is tonight: skymap.sh/Hyades V