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).
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.
[7957] Taygeta is another multiple system with a blue-white subgiant for the main component. [7983] Pleione is a blue-white dwarf classified as a Gamma Cassiopeiae type variable star.
Taygeta 19 Tauri
Tegmen Zeta Cancri
Terebellum Omega Sagittarii
Tejat Posterior Mu Geminorum
Tejat Prior Eta Geminorum
Thabit Upsilon Orionis
Theemin Upsilon-2 Eridani
Thuban Alpha Draconis
Tien Kuan Zeta Tauri
Toliman Alpha Centauri ...
Merope o o Atlas Electra o O o Pleione \ Celaeno . Alcyone O Maia Taygeta o .' Asterope
Several sources used, most notably SEDS, seds.org.
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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.
It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas....
n Achaeans to the northwest. The evidence suggests that Sparta, relatively inaccessible because of the topography of the Taygetan plain, was secure from early on: it was never fortified.
 See also: Sky, Pleiades, Taurus, Celaeno, Maia
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