• Thumbnail for Pleiades
    The Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/), also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type...
    48 KB (5,302 words) - 13:06, 8 October 2024
  • 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:...
    2 KB (226 words) - 09:52, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pléiades (satellite)
    The Pléiades constellation is composed of two very-high-resolution optical Earth-imaging satellites. Pléiades-1A and Pléiades-1B provide the coverage...
    8 KB (602 words) - 04:26, 27 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Pleiades in folklore and literature
    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...
    71 KB (8,723 words) - 23:10, 15 September 2024
  • Pleiades' Dust is the first EP by the Canadian technical death metal band Gorguts, released on May 13, 2016 through Season of Mist. It consists of a single...
    10 KB (1,015 words) - 03:58, 21 July 2024
  • Pléïades is a composition for six percussionists composed in 1978 by Greek composer Iannis Xenakis, originally commissioned by the percussion ensemble...
    6 KB (444 words) - 10:03, 5 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pleiades (supercomputer)
    Pleiades (/ˈplaɪədiːz, ˈpliːə-/) is a petascale supercomputer housed at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) facility at NASA's Ames Research Center...
    20 KB (1,887 words) - 23:34, 23 August 2024
  • La Pléiade (French pronunciation: [la plejad]) was a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim...
    6 KB (761 words) - 05:46, 29 September 2024
  • 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 – a...
    412 bytes (82 words) - 11:43, 18 September 2017
  • Thumbnail for Les Pléiades
    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...
    1 KB (94 words) - 08:33, 13 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pleiades (Greek mythology)
    The Pleiades (/ˈpliːədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/; Greek: Πλειάδες, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [pleːádes]), were the seven sister-nymphs, companions of Artemis...
    17 KB (1,631 words) - 21:10, 2 October 2024
  • 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...
    25 KB (2,866 words) - 04:19, 19 August 2024
  • The Pleiades Dances are a series of solo piano pieces written by contemporary Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu. They are, in the words of the composer...
    6 KB (1,022 words) - 16:05, 9 July 2022
  • Pleiades: Literature in Context is a biannual literary journal that publishes contemporary poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews. It was founded by...
    4 KB (301 words) - 17:43, 18 March 2024
  • 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...
    413 bytes (92 words) - 15:34, 30 December 2021
  • 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...
    23 KB (482 words) - 13:41, 1 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pleiades Phenomenon
    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...
    2 KB (235 words) - 10:18, 2 February 2024
  • The Pleiades Club was an association of artists and those with artistic interests in the area of Greenwich Village in New York. It was founded in 1896...
    6 KB (867 words) - 10:21, 24 March 2024
  • Pleiades (プレアデス) is a fixed shooter arcade game released in 1981 by Tehkan (now Tecmo) and licensed to Centuri. The name is shown on the title screen as...
    4 KB (431 words) - 15:54, 2 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Berlin Pleiades
    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...
    2 KB (197 words) - 03:18, 2 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Order of La Pléiade
    The Order of La Pléiade (French pronunciation: [la ple.jad]; French: Ordre de la Pléiade de l'Association des parlementaires de langue française) is an...
    3 KB (307 words) - 11:30, 22 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Order of the Pleiades (Iran)
    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...
    7 KB (800 words) - 22:53, 11 July 2024
  • free dictionary. Seven Sisters may refer to: Pleiades, or Seven Sisters, a star cluster named for Pleiades (Greek mythology), the seven sisters who are...
    5 KB (579 words) - 18:09, 5 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Merope (Pleiad)
    Greek mythology, Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/ (Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter...
    9 KB (812 words) - 21:02, 3 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Poland
    'semi-presidential regime' (1983: 587). By this standard, he recognizes Duverger's pléiade as semi-presidential regimes, as well as Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and...
    295 KB (24,008 words) - 22:58, 18 October 2024
  • Shimizudaihachi Pleiades (清水第八プレアデス) is a women's football club playing in Japan's football league, Tokai.League Div.1. Its hometown is Shimizu. As of...
    6 KB (94 words) - 22:56, 6 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Bibliothèque de la Pléiade
    The Bibliothèque de la Pléiade ([bi.bli.jɔ.tɛk də la ple.jad], "Pleiades Library") is a French editorial collection which was created in 1931 by Jacques...
    8 KB (874 words) - 11:52, 21 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ethiopia
    Oromo months (stars/lunar phases) are Bittottessa (Iangulum), Camsa (Pleiades), Bufa (Aldebarran), Waxabajjii (Belletrix), Obora Gudda (Central Orion-Saiph)...
    227 KB (22,047 words) - 14:44, 19 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Michael Douglas
    Jerry Bresler Productions John Frankenheimer Productions Les Films de la Pléiade Ludgate Films Martin Ritt Productions The Mirisch Corporation Oceania Produzioni...
    87 KB (8,098 words) - 13:58, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Electra (Pleiad)
    mythology, Electra (/ɪˈlɛktrə/; Greek: Ἠλέκτρα 'amber') was one of the Pleiades, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione. She lived on the island of Samothrace...
    36 KB (3,700 words) - 21:24, 3 September 2024