Asterope is the name of the star 21 Tauri lain in the pleiads. Asterope has an apparent brightness of +5,76 likes and belongs to the spectral class B8V. Sterope II is distant 400 light-years from the earth. Asterope can, as all stars of the pleiads are covered occasionally by the moon.
Asterope is a relatively dim star with a magnitude of 6.
Unlike their half-sisters the Hyades, the names of all seven Pleiades are assigned to stars in the cluster: Alcyone, Asterope (also known as Sterope), Celaeno, Electra, Maia, Merope and Taygete...
The seven "sisters" are Alcyone, Asterope (a double star), Electra, Maia, Merope, Taygeta and Celaeno; Atlas and Pleione are their "father" and "mother"...
Note: Star is used in the formation of compound words generally of obvious signification: as, star-aspiring, star-bespangled, star-bestudded, star-blasting, star-bright, star-crowned, star-directed, star-eyed, star-headed, star-paved, star-roofed; star-sprinkled, star-wreathed.
{Stars and Stripes}, a popular name for the flag of the United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in a blue field, white stars to represent the several States, one for each.
To be bright, or attract attention, as a star; to shine like a star; to be brilliant or prominent; to play a part as a theatrical star.
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