Category:Pleiades: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 13:32, 24 March 2026
The Pleiades star cluster, situated close to both the ecliptic and the celestial equator, visible all over the globe, had a practical function in many cultures.
The number of stars given in historical sources varies as follows:
| Name | Culture/ Language | Date/ Epoch | Source | Number of Stars | |
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| Orig. | Translit. | ||||
| 𒀯𒀯 | Old Babylonian cuneiform sign | 2000 BCE | 6 | ||
| 150 BCE | microzodiac tablet VAT 7851, drawing of the bull | 6+2 | |||
| कृत्तिका | Kṛttika | Sanskrit | 6 | ||
| Matariki | Maori | 9 | |||
| MUL.MUL | 1250 to 50 BCE | undetermined multitude | |||
| Pleias | Ancient Greek | 800 BCE to 200 CE | undetermined multitude | ||
| Thurayya | Arabic | undetermined multitude | |||
