Pleiades
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- proper noun
- /ˈpleɪəˌdiːz/
- Literature
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Pléyades
- I could pick out Orion and the Pleiades.
- Pleiades star cluster
- Pleiades star
- passage of the Pleiades
Can you bind the sweet influence of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion?
- Can you bind the sweet influence of the Pleiades, or loosen the bands of Orion?
- It was a planet Venus, or was the Pleiades or you saw, you know, a fireball go through the atmosphere.
Examples
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On a clear night, you can see the Pleiades shining brightly in the constellation Taurus.
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The Pleiades cluster is above the moon in the east this evening.
Academic text (1990) -
In this case, however, the seven stars represent the Seven Sisters of the Pleiades, rather than the planets.
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One final event worth noting this winter involves the Moon and the Pleiades star cluster.
Academic text (2005) -
The influence of the Pleiades is most heightened in May and November every year.
Blog text (18) -
Optical images of the Pleiades are dominated by bright, high-mass stars.
Academic text (1992) -
It's a cloudless night, and I haven't seen the Pleiades in ages.
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In August 1962, a single observation of the Pleiades, Messier 45, began my second stage of observer training.
Academic text (1994) -
And almost directly above Aldebaran are the "Seven Sisters" or "Pleiades," that distinctive little dipper-shaped cluster of stars.
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In ancient Peru, the Pleiades were revered as "The arbiters of human destiny."
Blog text (18)
Synonyms
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The Japanese name for the small star cluster known as the Pleiades
Seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione in Greek myth who are a group of stars in the sky
One of the seven sisters in Greek myth who became stars
Surface Forms
Etymology
Pleiades comes from the name of the 'Seven Sisters' in Greek myth. Their name suggested 'many' or a 'group', so Pleiades became the name for this small, bright group of stars.