Pleiades
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Pleiades can refer to:
Astronomy and science
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Astronomy and science
- Pleiades (star cluster)Pleiades (star cluster)In astronomy, the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters , is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars located in the constellation of Taurus. It is among the nearest star clusters to Earth and is the cluster most obvious to the naked eye in the night sky...
, an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus- Pleiades in folklore and literaturePleiades in folklore and literatureThe high visibility of the star cluster Pleiades in the night sky has guaranteed it a special place in many cultures, both ancient and modern.The astrological Pleiades was originally described in Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa .The heliacal rising of Pleiades often...
, interpretations and traditional meanings of the star cluster among various human cultures - Message From The Pleiades, a book by contactee Billy MeierBilly Meier"Billy" Eduard Albert Meier is a citizen of Switzerland who claims to be a UFO contactee and prophet. He is also the source of many controversial UFO photographs, which he states are evidence of his encounters...
- Pleiades in folklore and literature
- Pleiades (supercomputer)Pleiades (supercomputer)Pleiades is a petascale supercomputer built by SGI at NASA Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California. , it was the world's seventh fastest computer with a peak performance of more than 970 teraflops. After further extensions, Pleiades is scheduled to reach 10 petaflops in 2012.-See...
, a supercomputer at NASA's Ames Research Center, projected to be completed in 2012 - Pleiadeans, an alleged group of extraterrestrials from the Pleiades
Literature and print
- Pleiades (magazine)Pleiades (magazine)Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing is a literary semiannual, non-profit publisher of contemporary American poetry, fiction, essays, and extensive reviews of recent small/university press titles. First published in . The journal is published by the University of Central Missouri's English and...
or, Pleiades: A Journal of New Writing, magazine that publishes fiction, poetry, essays, and book reviews - Bibliothèque de la PléiadeBibliothèque de la PléiadeThe Bibliothèque de la Pléiade is a French series of books which was created in the 1930s by Jacques Schiffrin, an independent young editor. . Schiffrin wanted to provide the public with reference editions of the complete works of classic authors in a pocket format...
("Pléiade editions"), the standard editions of major works of (mostly) French literature, published by Éditions Gallimard
Other
- Pleiades (Greek mythology)Pleiades (Greek mythology)The Pleiades , companions of Artemis, were the seven daughters of the titan Atlas and the sea-nymph Pleione born on Mount Cyllene. They are the sisters of Calypso, Hyas, the Hyades, and the Hesperides...
, the seven sisters of Greek mythology - Pleiades (volcano group)Pleiades (volcano group)The Pleiades is a volcanic group of youthful cones and domes with Mt. Pleiones, a small stratovolcano being the dominant volcano and rising 500 m above the Evans Neve Plateau. Three nested summit craters lie at the top of Mt. Pleiones. Taygete Cone in the Pleiades was dated at 3000 years, making it...
, a group of volcanoes in Antarctica - Pleiades (wine), a wine produced by California winemaker Sean Thackrey
- Con†Stellation I: The Pleiades, the first in an annual series of science fiction conventions in Huntsville, Alabama, USA
- Wish Upon the PleiadesWish Upon the PleiadesWish Upon the Pleiades, also known under the Japanese title , is an original net animation series developed jointly by Gainax and Japanese automaker Subaru...
, a Japanese anime series produced by Gainax and sponsored by Subaru - PléïadesPléïadesPléïades is a composition for six percussionists composed in 1978 by French composer Iannis Xenakis, originally commissioned by the percussion ensemble Les Six Percussions de Strasbourg.- Title :...
, a composition by French composer Iannis XenakisIannis XenakisIannis Xenakis was a Romanian-born Greek ethnic, naturalized French composer, music theorist, and architect-engineer. He is commonly recognized as one of the most important post-war avant-garde composers...