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404 average its stars are about one hundred and twenty light years distant. At this distance our sun would appear as a telescopic eighth magnitude star.

The group is exceedingly rich in double stars, and viewed even in a small telescope with a low power presents a beautiful appearance.

Serviss thus mentions the group: "The beauty of Aldebaran, the singularity of the figure shaped by its attendants, the charming effect produced by the flocks of little stars, the Deltas and the Thetas, in the middle of the arms of the letter, and the richness of the stellar groundwork of the cluster, all combine to make the Hyades one of the most memorable objects in the sky; but no one can describe it, because the starry heavens cannot be put into words."