The stars closest to Matariki are known as the "Seven Sisters" or the Pleiades. Some of the brightest stars in the Pleiades cluster include Alcyone, Maia, Electra, Taygeta, Celaeno, Asterope, and Merope.
Alcyone is a star system in the constellation Taurus.It is at least a quad star system with Alcyone A being the brightest. As will most star clusters, Alcyone A is a blue white, blue giant with a spectral class of B7
The seven daughters of Atlas, known as the Pleiades, are mythological figures in Greek mythology. They were Alcyone, Maia, Electra, Taygete, Asterope, Calaeno, and Merope. According to the myth, they were transformed into stars to escape the pursuit of Orion.
Maori:WaitiWaitaTupu-a-nukuTupu-a-rangiWaipuna-a-rangiUrurangiMatarikiGreek:AlcyoneAtlasElectraMaiaMeropeTaygetaPleione
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.
Alcyone, with an apparent magnitude of 2.86
It is often called the Seven Sisters, though there are in fact a lot more than seven stars in it.
The stars of Pleiades are: Sterope Merope Electra Maia Taygeta Celaeno Alcyone Atlas Pleione
The stars closest to Matariki are known as the "Seven Sisters" or the Pleiades. Some of the brightest stars in the Pleiades cluster include Alcyone, Maia, Electra, Taygeta, Celaeno, Asterope, and Merope.
Alcyone is a star system in the constellation Taurus.It is at least a quad star system with Alcyone A being the brightest. As will most star clusters, Alcyone A is a blue white, blue giant with a spectral class of B7
Alcyone (in the Pleiades), Rigel in Orion, Spica in Virgo, Deneb in Cygnus, Eta Carina in the deep southern skies.
Alcyone , Asterope , Celæno , Electra , Maia , Merope and Taygete.I GOT THIS OFF THIS SITE'S URL: http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/pleiades/pleiades_myth.html
The seven daughters of Atlas, known as the Pleiades, are mythological figures in Greek mythology. They were Alcyone, Maia, Electra, Taygete, Asterope, Calaeno, and Merope. According to the myth, they were transformed into stars to escape the pursuit of Orion.
Maori:WaitiWaitaTupu-a-nukuTupu-a-rangiWaipuna-a-rangiUrurangiMatarikiGreek:AlcyoneAtlasElectraMaiaMeropeTaygetaPleione
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.
Alcyone - opera - was created in 1706.
Hipparchia alcyone was created in 1775.