The Pleiades is named after the seven sisters of Greek mythology, the daughters of Atlas (one of the titans) because it was charted that it consisted of seven stars, though of course it only appeared this way before they could be resolved into the thousands that actually make up the cluster. The cluster is also called 'The Seven Sisters' for similar reasons.
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The Pleiades or Seven Sisters (M45) is in the constellation of Taurus the Bull.
The Pleiades star cluster rises in the eastern sky during late evening hours in November. It appears high in the sky during winter months in the Northern Hemisphere.
The Pleiades cluster contains over 1,000 statistically confirmed members, although this figure excludes unresolved binary stars.
Ancient astronomers referred to the Pleiades as the "Seven Sisters" because they are a cluster of stars that, in mythological contexts, were often associated with seven siblings. The name is rooted in various cultural traditions, including Greek mythology, where the Pleiades were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas. While there are actually more than seven stars visible in the cluster, the term emphasizes the prominent stars that were easily seen with the naked eye. This cluster has held significant cultural and navigational importance across different civilizations throughout history.
In Arabic it is called Tsurayya. It is called Subaru in Japan and Bitang Skora in Borneo. Pleiades itself comes from Hebrew.
Jim Hawkins's full name from Treasure Planet is James Pleiades Hawkins.
Matariki in Greece is called the Pleiades.
Subaru is the Japanese name for the Pleiades, a group of stars also known as M45 and they comprise the shoulder of the constellation Taurus
7 stars in the pleiades**The Pleiades, also known as M45 or the Seven Sisters, is the name of an open cluster in the constellation of Taurus.
The pleiades are known as "Matariki"
The Pleiades
The Pleiades is not a constellation. It's an open cluster.
The constellation, Matariki, is also known as the Seven Sisters or the Pleiades. Its actual other names are: Subaru Pleiades Ma'ali' Matariki It can also be called the maori new year By Fauzia
The Pleiades were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and Pleione the sea nymph.
Order of the Pleiades - Iran - happened in 1957.
Subaru is Japanese for Pleiades. The Pleiades is an open star cluster. The Subaru logo has an image of stars similar to the stars of Pleiades, but whereas the Pleiades has 7 stars, the Subaru logo has only 6.