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[1] yet over 2,000 times brighter than the Sun.[2]

References
  1. https://arxiv.org/abs/1408.6544
  2. https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ASPC..214...13H
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