Hyades and asteroid Ceres
During the winter of 1998/1999 asteroid 1 Ceres
moved through the Hyades, the large open cluster in Taurus.
The asteroid, at magnitude 7.9 at this image, moved
straight through the Hyades during November 1998.
Aldebaran, α Tau, shines brightly orange at the
left of this picture. Note that Aldebaran itself is not a member of the
Hyades open cluster. It is coincidentally placed in the same direction
as the cluster stars. The star is located some 71 lightyears away while
the cluster is at 46 lightyears.
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