A constellation is a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky. But, Pleiades does not have any particular arrangement of stars, so how can it be called a constellation?

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Pleiades is also known as Seven Sisters. It is an open star cluster containing middle-aged hot B-type stars. It is a group of stars in the Taurus constellation i.e they appear in the constellation of Taurus.

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