The Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/), also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing middle-aged...
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of the star-cluster likely came first, and Pleione's name indicated that she was the mother of the Pleiades. According to another suggestion Pleiades derived...
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The high visibility of the star cluster Pleiades in the night sky and its position along the ecliptic (which approximates to the Solar System's common...
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Look up Pleiades in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Pleiades are an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus. Pleiades may also refer to:...
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Les Pléiades (1,397 m) are a mountain of the Swiss Prealps, overlooking Lake Geneva in the Swiss canton of Vaud. They are located north of Blonay. A railway...
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Pléïades is a composition for six percussionists composed in 1978 by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis, originally commissioned by the percussion ensemble...
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The Pléiades constellation is composed of two very-high-resolution optical Earth-imaging satellites. Pléiades-1A and Pléiades-1B provide the coverage of...
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Pleiades (/ˈplaɪədiːz, ˈpliːə-/) is a petascale supercomputer housed at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at NASA's Ames Research Center...
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Takashi Yoshimatsu: Pleiades Dances (p. 5) [CD liner notes]. DENON RECORDS/Nippon-Columbia Co., Ltd. Yoshimatsu, Takashi. Pleiades Dances III IV V. Tokyo...
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11, 2016). "Gorguts - Pleiades' Dust". Exclaim!. Retrieved August 14, 2016. Badin, Olivier (April 26, 2016). "Gorguts: Pleiades' Dust". Metal Hammer....
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Wish Upon the Pleiades (Japanese: 放課後のプレアデス, Hepburn: Hōkago no Pureadesu, lit. "After-School Pleiades") is an original net animation series produced by...
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USS Pleiades is a name used more than once by the U.S. Navy: USS Pleiades (SP-1616) built in 1900 by the Maryland Steel Co., Sparrows Point, Maryland,...
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The Berlin Pleiades was a group of seven masters of German chess in the 19th century. They are named after the star constellation the Pleiades. The members...
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the Pleiades may refer to: Order of the Pleiades (Iran) – a 1955 founded all-female order of the former Imperial State of Iran. Order of La Pléiade –...
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Merope (Pleiad) (redirect from Merope (Pleiades))
Steven. "Merope". Pleiades Mythology. Retrieved 22 April 2009. "Merope". Answers.com. 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009. "Pleiades". The Columbia Electronic...
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title screen as Pleiads. The title comes from the mythical Greek Pleiades, the seven daughters of the titan Atlas. Pleiades is a multi-stage space shoot...
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for the Book. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015. Pleiades: Literature in Context Poets & Writers' Pleiades Listing...
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Collections Guide to the Pleiades Club Collection". Dlib.nyu.edu. Retrieved 2013-12-05. Pleiades Club (1905). Pleiades Club Year Book. Pleiades Club....
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The Pleiades are a volcanic group in northern Victoria Land of Antarctica. It consists of youthful cones and domes with Mount Atlas/Mount Pleiones, a small...
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Seven Sisters (redirect from The Seven Sisters)
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Seven Sisters may refer to: Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, a star cluster named for Pleiades (Greek mythology), the seven sisters...
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Gaza Strip (redirect from Geography of the Gaza Strip)
on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the smaller of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the West Bank) that comprise the State...
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Electra (Pleiad) (redirect from Electra (pleiade))
(/ɪˈlɛktrə/; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα 'amber') was one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. She lived on the island of Samothrace. She had two sons...
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Europe (redirect from The Old Continent)
in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Mediterranean...
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The Pleiades Phenomenon refers to the chance encounter between a star and an interstellar cloud of dust that leads to the appearance of a reflection nebulosity...
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century B.C.), corresponding to the seven stars of the Pleiades star cluster. Notable members of "La Pléiade" consisted of the following people: Pierre de...
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Mediterranean Sea (redirect from The Med)
on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain...
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Black Sea (redirect from The Black Sea)
are the Pontic Mountains to the south, bar the southwest-facing peninsulas, the Caucasus Mountains to the east, and the Crimean Mountains to the mid-north...
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Nile (redirect from Search for the source of the Nile)
The Nile (also known as the Nile River) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest...
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The Order of the Pleiades (Persian: نشان هفتپیکر Nishân-i-Haftpaykar), also known as the Order of Haft Paykar, was an all-female order of the former Imperial...
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(Milecastle 1 (Stott's Pow))". Pleiades. Retrieved 13 September 2020. Vanderbilt, S. "Places: 967060277 (Milecastle 2 (Walker))". Pleiades. Retrieved 13 September...
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