プレアデス星せい団だん

noun

Pleiades star cluster

Astronomical term for the Pleiades open star cluster in the constellation Taurus. Also known as 昴 (すばる) in Japanese.

See also: 昴

• プレアデス星せい団だんは、冬ふゆの夜よ空ぞらで肉にく眼がんでも見みえる。

  The Pleiades star cluster is visible to the naked eye in the winter night sky.

• プレアデス星せい団だんは約やく400個この星ほしから成なる散さん開かい星せい団だんだ。

  The Pleiades star cluster is an open cluster consisting of about 400 stars.