The Hyades cluster
Animated 3D view of the sky as observed by ESA’s Gaia satellite using information from the mission’s second data release.
The bright band in the left half of the image is the Milky Way, where most of the stars in our Galaxy reside. The animation starts with the Orion constellation at the centre; we then move towards the neighbouring Taurus constellation and to the Hyades star cluster, which is part of this constellation. Hyades is the closest open cluster to the Solar System, some 150 light-years away.
The animation first shows the 3D structure of the cluster, based on accurate position and distance information from Gaia. Then an animated view of the future motions of stars is shown – both in Hyades and beyond. This is based on Gaia’s measurements of the velocity of stars across the sky, also known as proper motion.
Credit: ESA/Gaia/DPAC, CC BY SA 3.0 IGO
Acknowledgement: Gaia Data Processing and Analysis Consortium (DPAC); Gaia Sky; S. Jordan / T. Sagristà, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, Germany
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For a Graphic, It's beautiful, reminds me of Home,… how I crave to fly through space at such speeds.
I remember bombing around her in mass effect lol
This gave me a new perspective on space and our galaxy. Beautiful video keep up the good work!
That is one Hell of a cluster. Get it? Hell of a cluster. 😆
Wow
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Beautiful rendering of the two GAIA angles. Thx for sharing
I want a galaxy for Christmas!
NASA’s APOD (Astronomy Picture of the Day) 2020-01-22 (»The Hyades Star Cluster «) sent me here.
Cheers!
Hi how are you doing today? I realize I'm a Star child I'm from there too Orion
May God bless you and your family and friends I love this channel!😃👼🌈