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Specific times and zones of visibility Courtesy of the International Occultation Timers Association (IOTA), webpages are available that provide timetables for hundreds of locations for the four brightest stars in the cluster: Alcyone, Atlas, Electra and Maia.
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2025
From New York City, observers can see the moon occult Electra (magnitude 3.7), Merope (4.2), and Alcyone at about 7:06 p.m., 7:35 p.m., and 8:18 p.m. EST, respectively.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The Pleiades contains seven main bright stars—Alcyone, Atlas, Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Pleione—all 444 light-years distant and about 100 million years old, which is young compared to most stars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
The American Baroque Opera Company has postponed its Jan. 15-16 production of Marin Marais’ ‘Alcyone’ at Hamon Hall in the Winspear Opera House.
—Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2022
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Joe Rao, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2025
From New York City, observers can see the moon occult Electra (magnitude 3.7), Merope (4.2), and Alcyone at about 7:06 p.m., 7:35 p.m., and 8:18 p.m. EST, respectively.
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
The Pleiades contains seven main bright stars—Alcyone, Atlas, Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Pleione—all 444 light-years distant and about 100 million years old, which is young compared to most stars.
—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024
The American Baroque Opera Company has postponed its Jan. 15-16 production of Marin Marais’ ‘Alcyone’ at Hamon Hall in the Winspear Opera House.
—Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2022
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“Alcyone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Alcyone. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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