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noun - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades
noun - a star cluster in the constellation Taurus
The seven daughters of Atlas (Maia, Electra, Celaeno, Taygeta, Merope, Alcyone, and Sterope), who were metamorphosed into stars.
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| This closely spaced group of stars is named after a group of seven sisters |
| Alcyone is the brightest star in this star cluster sometimes called the Seven Sisters |
| This cluster known as the "Seven Sisters" actually has over 300 stars within a 30 light year diameter |
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| bDefinitionb of bPLEIADESb. 1. : the seven daughters of Atlas turned into a group of stars in Greek mythology. : a conspicuous cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus that includes six stars in the form of a very small dipper. |
| a star cluster in the constellation Taurus |
| (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Hyades placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion |
| a group of stars that is one of the nearest to Earth: |
| in Greek mythology ( ancient stories), seven sisters who were changed into a group of stars by Zeus: |
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The Pleiades (, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45), are an open star cluster containing middle-aged, hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky. * The cluster is dominated by hot blue and luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. A faint reflection nebulosity around the brightest stars was thought at first to be left over from the formation of the cluster (hence the alternative name Maia Nebula after the star Maia), but is now likely an unrelated foreground dust cloud in the interstellar medium, through which the stars are currently passing.Computer simulations have shown that the Pleiades were probably formed from a compact configuration that resembled the Orion Nebula. Astronomers estimate that the cluster will survive for about another 250 million years, after which it will disperse due to gravitational interactions with i |