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The next position of the stars we shall describe comes six hours after the preceding one; that is at two o'clock A. M. in November
Fig. 54.—The Hyades. and at eight o'clock P. M. in February. During this six-hour interval another section of the Milky Way has risen in the east and passed over toward the south. The Milky Way now passes nearly through the zenith, resting on the horizon near the north and south points.

Near its course and east of the meridian we see the constellation Taurus, the Bull, of which the brightest star
Fig. 55.—The Pleiades, as seen with the naked eye. is Aldebaran, forming the eye of the bull in the mythological figure. Aldebaran is easily recognised by its red colour. It lies on the end of one branch of a V-shaped cluster called Hyades. Notice the pretty pair of stars in the middle of one leg.