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The Pleiades contains seven main bright stars—Alcyone, Atlas, Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Pleione—all 444 light-years distant and about 100 million years old, which is young compared to most stars.—Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 Sep. 2024 The American Baroque Opera Company has postponed its Jan. 15-16 production of Marin Marais’ ‘Alcyone’ at Hamon Hall in the Winspear Opera House.—Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2022
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