Journey Through the Stars: Pleiades in Mythology and Night Sky

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7 min readAug 20, 2023

The Pleiades undoubtedly constitute the most well-known open star cluster, owing their popularity to their ease of observation. Knowing where to look, under favorable conditions, they can be observed with the naked eye without difficulty. How to locate the Pleiades stars? What is the origin of the name of this cluster? I will answer these and other questions below.

[Photo: NASA, ESA, AURA/Caltech, Palomar ObservatoryThe science team consists of: D. Soderblom and E. Nelan (STScI), F. Benedict and B. Arthur (U. Texas), and B. Jones (Lick Obs.), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons]

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