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Although it is often referred to as the Seven Sisters or Matariki, there are in fact thousands of stars in the Pleiades. The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named after the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.

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The names of the stars in Pleiades?

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Names of stars called the pleides?

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What type of star is pleiades?

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