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rubicube1 t1_j94c19c wrote

Reply to comment by imapassenger1 in M45 The Pleiades by defnotsandis

There's actually nine named ones. In addition to the sisters, their parents Atlas and Pleione are actually two of the brightest seven. Asterope and Celaeno are the eighth and ninth brightest stars

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Smugg-Fruit t1_j961s44 wrote

Alcyone is the brightest of the 9.

Atlas and Pleione are the two stars close to one another on the bottom

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