Just wanted to add that different cultures have different sets of constellations, but AFAICT the Pleiades was not one of them. For example, in the Greek-derived constellations that the astronomical community uses, it’s part of Taurus.
The Pleiades are an open star cluster, and an asterism, but they aren’t a constellation in the formal definition of the word.
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Just wanted to add that different cultures have different sets of constellations, but AFAICT the Pleiades was not one of them. For example, in the Greek-derived constellations that the astronomical community uses, it’s part of Taurus.
The Pleiades are an open star cluster, and an asterism, but they aren’t a constellation in the formal definition of the word.