The Hyades open cluster as photographed by Till Credner with a 135 mm f/2.8 telephoto lens, exposed 30 min on Kodak Royal Gold 400 Select. This image was taken on January 25, 2000 from Lichtenhagen (Germany). Field of view is 14.7x10.0 deg.

In the upper part of the left hand side (NE of bright red Aldebaran) the smaller open cluster NGC 1647 is easily recognized in this image.

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