What is Alcyone (star)?
'''Alcyone''' is a blue [[giant star]]. Also called '''Eta Tauri''', it is the brightest star in the [[Pleiades]] [[star cluster]]. It is over 400 light years away<ref>https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.6544</ref> yet over 2,000 times brighter than the [[Sun]].<ref>https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ASPC..214...13H</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} [[Category:Stars]]