Hyades Open Cluster Core Stars

Artistic Illustration of the Twelve Stars making up the Six Star Systems of the Central Core of the Hyades Cluster, about two parsecs radius. The Six systems are Gamma Tauri A&B (which appears as a Red Giant of about 3 solar masses); the Theta Alpha Tauri binary system (which appears as a bright A7 Star of about 3 solar masses); the Theta Beta Tauri binary system (which appears as a bright G9 Star of about 3 solar masses); Rho Tauri (a White Dwarf of about 2 solar masses); Del02 Tauri (a bright white A2 Star, with apparent X-ray companion, of about 2 solar masses); and Del01 Tauri (a triple Star system of about 3 solar masses).