1) Cluster of stars in Taurus 2) Daughters of Atlas 3) Nymph 4) Rain-bringers of greek myth 5) Star cluster in Taurus 6) Stars in Taurus 7) Weepy daughters of Atlas
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[mythology] In Greek mythology, the Hyades (z; Ὑάδες, popularly `the rainy ones`, but probably from Greek hys, i.e. `swine`), are a sisterhood of nymphs that bring rain. The Hyades were daughters of Atlas (by either Pleione or Aethra, one of the Oceanides) and sisters of Hyas in most tellings, although one version gives their parents ...
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[star cluster] The Hyades (z; Greek Ὑάδες, also known as Melotte 25 or Collinder 50), is the nearest open cluster to the Solar System and one of the best-studied of all star clusters. The Hipparcos satellite, the Hubble Space Telescope, and infrared color-magnitude diagram fitting have been used to establish a distance of ~153 ly (47 ...
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• (n.pl.) Alt. of Hyads
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cluster of several hundred stars in the zodiacal constellation Taurus. As seen from Earth, the bright star Aldebaran appears to be a member of the ... [3 related articles]
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in Greek mythology, daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Aethra, the five (or more) sisters of the Pleiades who nursed the infant wine god, ...
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nymphs who bring rain.
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(Melotte 25) The nearest open cluster to the Sun, except for the Ursa Major Moving Cluster, which appears spread out as individual stars. The Hyades, also known as Melotte 25, is centered some 150 light-years away in the constellation Taurus, and contains more than 200 star...
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In Greek mythology, the group of nymphs who nursed and protected the young god Dionysus. In reward, they were changed into stars and placed in the constellation of Taurus. They were called Hyades...
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n] - (Greek mythology) 7 daughters of Atlas and half-sisters of the Pleiades
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a group of stars comprising a moving cluster in the constellation Taurus, supposed by the ancients to indicate the approach of rain when they rose with the sun. · a group of nymphs and sisters of the Pleiades who nurtured the infant Dionysus and were placed among the stars as a reward.
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