In Greek mythology, Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/ (Ancient Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the...
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The Pleiades (/ˈpliː.ədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/), also known as Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is an asterism of an open star cluster containing young B-type...
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NGC 1435 (redirect from Merope Nebula)
The Merope Nebula (also known as Tempel's Nebula and NGC 1435) is a diffuse reflection nebula in the Pleiades star cluster, surrounding the 4th magnitude...
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Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/, designated 23 Tauri (abbreviated 23 Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluster. It is...
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Oenomaus instead. Merope, youngest of the Pleiades. In other mythic contexts, she married Sisyphus and, becoming mortal, faded away. Merope bore Sisyphus...
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member of genus Merope 1051 Merope, an asteroid Merope (star), in the constellation Taurus and a member of the Pleiades star cluster Merope (region), historical...
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Electra (Pleiad) (redirect from Electra (pleiade))
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...
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him: Phaethon and the girls called Heliades. Merope, one of the Pleiades, daughter of Atlas and Pleione. Merope, one of the Heliades, daughter of either Helios...
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Merope was a cluster composed of repurposed Intel Xeon X5670 (Westmere) processors that were once part of the Pleiades supercomputer. The system is used...
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nymph Merope from Greek mythology. She is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of the Titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione (AN229;297). The star Merope in...
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IC 349 (category Pleiades)
also known as Barnard's Merope Nebula, is a nebula which lies 3500 AUs (0.06 light years) from the star Merope in the Pleiades cluster. It was discovered...
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birth in Boeotia, his visit to Chios where he met Merope and raped her, being blinded by Merope's father, the recovery of his sight at Lemnos, his hunting...
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Greek myth of the Pleiades, goddesses immortalized as stars in the sky: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope, and Merope. These colleges were...
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Limos Litae Lyssa Machai Maia Maniae Melete Melinoë Melpomene Mene Merope (Pleiades) Mese Metis Mneme Mnemosyne Moirai Atropos (Aisa) Clotho Lachesis Muses...
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Heliades (redirect from Merope (Heliades))
According to one version recorded by Hyginus, there were seven Heliades: Merope, Helie, Aegle, Lampetia, Phoebe, Aetherie and Dioxippe. Aeschylus's fragmentary...
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Celaeno (Pleiad) (category Pleiades (Greek mythology))
also Celeno or Kelaino, sometimes [misspelled] Calaeno) was one of the Pleiades. Celaeno was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione or Aethra. She was said...
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Sterope (Pleiad) (category Pleiades (Greek mythology))
steropē, lightning), also called Asterope (Ἀστερόπη), was one of the seven Pleiades. Asterope was the daughter of Atlas and Pleione, born to them at Mount...
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seven daughters, known as the Pleiades. Their names were: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Alcyone, Celaeno, Sterope and Merope. She is often said to be the mother...
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Alcyone (star) (category Pleiades)
refers to an asterism consisting Alcyone, Electra, Taygeta, Asterope, Maia, Merope, and Atlas. Consequently, the Chinese name for Alcyone itself is 昴宿六 (Mǎo...
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Maia (category Pleiades (Greek mythology))
Μαίη; Latin: Maia), in ancient Greek religion and mythology, is one of the Pleiades and the mother of Hermes, one of the major Greek gods, by Zeus, the king...
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Analyzing the spectrum of the nebula associated with the star Merope in the Pleiades, Vesto Slipher concluded in 1912 that the source of its light is...
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include emission nebulae and reflection nebulae. Barnard's Loop Barnard's Merope Nebula Boomerang Nebula Bubble Nebula, NGC 7635 Bubble Nebula in Barnard's...
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In Māori culture, Matariki is the Pleiades star cluster and a celebration of its first rising in late June or early July. The rising marks the beginning...
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Atlas and either of the Oceanids, Pleione or Aethra, thus brother to the Pleiades and Hyades. In one account, Hyas instead was called the father of the Hyades...
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HMS Merope was a Crocus-class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in 1808. She served during the Napoleonic Wars and had a relatively uneventful career...
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Taygete (category Pleiades (Greek mythology))
Greek: [taːyɡétɛː], Modern Greek: [taiˈʝeti]) was a nymph, one of the Pleiades according to the Bibliotheca (3.10.1) and a companion of Artemis, in her...
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mother of Glaucus was Merope, a daughter of Atlas and one of the Pleiades. By marrying Sisyphus, she became the only one of the Pleiades to mate with a mortal...
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candidates. Theta Carinae 460 ± 10 2 B0.5 Vp 2.76 Merope (23 Tauri) 460 ± 20 1 B6IV(e) 4.18 Part of Pleiades Cluster (M45). Epsilon Cassiopeiae 470 ± 10 1...
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Aura Chione The Hesperides The Hyades Nephele The Pleiades Alcyone Sterope Celaeno Electra Maia Merope Taygete Sirius Tritopatores Agriculture Aphaea Demeter...
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attributes to Hesiod; according to him, Phaethon was the son of an Oceanid named Merope and Clymenus (a reversal of the usual names Merops and Clymene), who is...
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