很多星星拥有古名称——例如Aldebaran(毕宿五)，在阿拉伯语中意为“追随者”，因为它看起来就像在天空中追随着昴星团，或者说七姐妹星团似的。
A number of stars have possessed names since antiquity - Aldebaran, for instance, means "the follower" in Arabic, as it seems to follow the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters star cluster, across the sky.
但是毕宿五是个例外，它是整个毕宿星云中最亮的星星。它与其它的星星的距离就近多了，只有65光年，而且它不是这个星星串中的一部分。
The exception is Aldebaran, the brightest star of the V-shaped Hyades, which at about 65 light years is much closer and not part of the cluster.
这个V字型大致是由一串星星组成的，它们叫毕星云。
Most of the V is formed by an open cluster of stars, called the Hyades.
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