Orion, Jupiter Mars Saturn & The Pleiades: The gift of waking early

It was clear at 4:30 this morning so we were able to see these constellations and planets.

Who are the Pleiades in mythology?

Pleiades, in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope. They all had children by gods (except Merope, who married Sisyphus). The Pleiades eventually formed a constellation.

 

1. : the seven daughters of Atlas turned into a group of stars in Greek mythology. 2. : a conspicuous cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus that includes six stars in the form of a very small dipper.