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Several sources used, most notably SEDS, seds.org.
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In Greek mythology, daughters of Atlas and Pleione, the sisters have lovely astronomical names: Alcyone, Celaeno, Electra, Taygeta, Maia, Sterope, and Merope (and wouldn't you love calling them all home from the back door).
The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.
Unlike their half-sisters the Hyades, the names of all seven Pleiades are assigned to stars in the cluster: Alcyone, Asterope (also known as Sterope), Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope and Taygete.
[7941] Electra is another blue-white giant. [7945] Maia is a blue giant classified as a mercury-manganese star. [7948] Merope is a blue-white subgiant classified as a Beta Cephei variable.
Electra was mother of Dardanus and Iasion by Zeus.
Taygete was mother of Lacedaemon, also by Zeus.
Alcyone was mother of Hyrieus by Poseidon.
Celaeno was mother of Lycus and Eurypylus by Poseidon.
16 Tau Celaeno 17 Tau Electra 19 Tau Taygeta 20 Tau Maia 21 Tau Sterope I is known as Asterope when combined with Sterope II. 22 Tau Sterope II is known as Asterope when combined with Sterope I.
Six stars are easily visible to the naked eye—Alcyone (the brightest), Electra, Celaeno, Sterope, Maia, and Taygete.
The other easily visible instruments are: the Electra telecommunications package which is the gold-colored instrument directly left of the HiRISE camera. It will act as a communications relay and navigation aid for Mars spacecraft.
The nameplate was first used since 1975 as a top trim level of the Buick Electra, and the Park Avenue became a standalone model in 1991, replacing the Electra....
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The Pleiades are, according to Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas, the titan who holds up the sky, and the Oceanid named Pleione. The sisters are Alcyone, Maia, Electra, Taygeta, Celaeno, Merope and Sterope.
Trismegistus calls it a 'visible God'; Sophocles' Electra, 'that which gazes upon all things.' And so the Sun, as if resting on a kingly throne, governs the family of stars which wheel around." (Wallis, 1939 p.526) ...
For, the sun is not inappropriately called by some people the lantern of the universe, its mind by others, and its ruler by still others. The Thrice Greatest labels it a visible god, and Sophocles' Electra, the all-seeing.
 See also: Light, Atlas, Taurus, Sky, Pleione
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