It is often called the Seven Sisters, though there are in fact a lot more than seven stars in it.
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32 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleiades": big name, celebrity, constellation, cynosure, figure, folk hero, galaxy, great man, hero, heroine, idol, immortal, important person, lion, luminaries, luminary, man of mark, master spirit, name, notability, notable, person of note, personage, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, public figure, social lion, somebody, star, superstar, worthy A pleiad is a brilliant group of usually 7 persons or things (named after Pleiades)
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Alcyone, with an apparent magnitude of 2.86
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.
The stars of Pleiades are: Sterope Merope Electra Maia Taygeta Celaeno Alcyone Atlas Pleione
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 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.
The Pleiades, or Seven Sisters are group of stars known by Maori as Matariki.The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.To read more or see photos click on related links below
Alcyone is the brightest star in the Pleiades star cluster, also known as M45, located in the constellation Taurus. It is a blue giant star, approximately 440 light-years away from Earth, and is notable for its brightness and prominence in the night sky. Alcyone is classified as a B-type star and plays a significant role in various mythologies and astronomical studies, often symbolizing hope and guidance.
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.