The Hyades (Collinder 50)
R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 30 arcminutes across.
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From Fairfield , the Hyades is visible between 17:52 and 05:35. It will become accessible around 17:52, when it rises to an altitude of 11° above your eastern horizon. It will reach its highest point in the sky at 23:43, 64° above your southern horizon. It will become inaccessible around 05:35 when it sinks below 11° above your western horizon.
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Name
The Hyades (Collinder 50)
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Object type
Open cluster
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Visibility from Fairfield
All times shown in Fairfield local time.