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The Pleiades are the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, of which Alcyone is numbered among them being the Pleiad star-nymph of Mount Kithairon in Boiotia (central Greece) loved by the god Poseidon.

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What is the brightest of the Pleiades?

Alcyone, with an apparent magnitude of 2.86


What is another name for The Pleiades Alcyone?

It is often called the Seven Sisters, though there are in fact a lot more than seven stars in it.


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What are some popular blue giants?

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What is the real name for the seven sisters?

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7 daughters of Atlas?

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.


Names of stars called the pleides?

Maori:WaitiWaitaTupu-a-nukuTupu-a-rangiWaipuna-a-rangiUrurangiMatarikiGreek:AlcyoneAtlasElectraMaiaMeropeTaygetaPleione


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