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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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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The Pleiades (/ˈpliːədiːz, ˈpleɪ-, ˈplaɪ-/; Greek: Πλειάδες, Ancient Greek pronunciation: [pleːádes]), were the seven sister-nymphs, companions of Artemis...
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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...
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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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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...
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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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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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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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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...
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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...
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La Pléiade (French pronunciation: [la plejad]) was a group of 16th-century French Renaissance poets whose principal members were Pierre de Ronsard, Joachim...
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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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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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Pleiades: Literature in Context is a biannual literary journal that publishes contemporary poetry, fiction, essays, and book reviews. It was founded by...
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Europe (category Articles with Pleiades identifiers)
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north...
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Greece (category Articles with Pleiades identifiers)
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, Greece shares land borders...
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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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Scotland (category Articles with Pleiades identifiers)
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's...
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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...
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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...
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Malta (category Articles with Pleiades identifiers)
Malta (/ˈmɒltə/ MOL-tə, /ˈmɔːltə/ MAWL-tə, Maltese: [ˈmɐːltɐ]), officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country in Southern Europe located in the...
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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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German language (category Articles with Pleiades identifiers)
German (Standard High German: Deutsch, pronounced [dɔʏtʃ] ) is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, mainly spoken in Western...
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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...
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Merope (Pleiad) (redirect from Merope (Pleiades))
Greek mythology, Merope /ˈmɛrəpiː/ (Greek: Μερόπη) is one of the seven Pleiades, daughters of Atlas and Pleione. Pleione, their mother, is the daughter...
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Gaza Strip (category Articles with Pleiades identifiers)
The Gaza Strip (/ˈɡɑːzə/ ; Arabic: قِطَاعُ غَزَّةَ Qiṭāʿ Ġazzah [qɪˈtˤɑːʕ ˈɣaz.za]), also known simply as Gaza, is a small, densely populated territory...
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Rome (category Articles with Pleiades identifiers)
Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma] ) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan...
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Constantinople (category Articles with Pleiades identifiers)
Constantinople (see other names) became the capital of the Roman Empire during the reign of Constantine the Great in 330. Following the collapse of the...
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