Pleiades

A group of fixed stars in the constellation Taurus. They are called the “Weeping Sisters” because, according to Greek mythology, seven sisters, Alcyone, Merope, Celaeno. Taygeta, Maia, Electra and Sterope, daughters of Atlas and the nymph Pleione, killed themselves for grief when Atlas was transformed into a mountain. According to a different version, Jupiter transformed the sisters into stars so they could escape the attentions of Orion. The largest star in the group is Alcyone at about 29° Taurus.