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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

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Also called Hyadas. It was the name they received in Greek Mythology. the 5 rain-making nymphs: Fésile, Coónide, Cleea, Ugly and Eudora. They were daughters of Atlante and Playone. Name of a cluster of stars of the Constellation Taurus that in the night sky form a giant "V". It is the most studied cluster by astronomers.

  




Anonimo

TO MY I SAID THAT HIADES MEANS PLACE WHERE THE CHURCHES ARE

  


Francisco Valdez Mendoza

Hyades or Híadas. Group of seven stars, arranged in V, in the constellation of the 40 Bull;Taurus ). Includes the Red Star Aldebarán ( Alpha Tauri ) major, located on the eastern tip. The name of this stellar set alludes to his appearance at the end of may, as portent of proximity of the rainy season. Is derived from the Greek "Hyádes": the rainy, from the verb «hýein»: rain.

  



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