The Pleiades are an asterism ... Taurus and are about 410 light-years from Earth. Also known as the "Seven Sisters" and Messier 45, they derive their English name from Greek legend in which ...

In mythology, the Pleiades are often referred to as the Seven Sisters, representing the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. The cluster’s brightest stars—Alcyone, Maia, Electra, Merope ...

"In Greek mythology, the Seven Sisters are named after the Pleiades, who were the daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Their father, Atlas, was forced to hold up the sky, and was therefore unable to ...

The Seven Sisters, also known as the Pleiades, seem to float on a bed of ... are the subject of many legends and writings. Greek mythology holds that the flock of stars was transformed into ...

The moon will meet up with the Seven Sisters, the Pleiades star cluster ... of the star cluster's name are figures from Greek Mythology, and refer to the daughters of Atlas and Pleione: Alcyone ...

In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas. He was forced to hold up the sky for eternity, and was therefore unable to protect his daughters. To save the sisters ...

In the background hang the Pleiades, named after the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione in Greek mythology. According to myth, Atlas — one of the Titans and a cousin of Zeus, the king of the ...