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Re: (meteorobs) Pleiades

Thank you very much for the information.  I really do appreciate the time you
have taken.  My curiosity about their magnitude was because they are always
visible even in my light polluted back yard, though I do not think I ever see
more than four of them.  I am very interested in the history and mythology
associated with them.  When I was a boy we called them the seven sister and at
that time I had heard the myth about the missing sister.  Good fortune and clear
skies to you.  Robert G.

Rosely Gregio wrote:

> Sorry Robert
> Look is it that what you are seeking?
> I hope to have helped!
> The Pleiades
>
> The bright stars and associated nebulosities in the Pleiades star cluster
> M45
> Star  Name  mag  Sp  Nebulosity
>
> eta = 25  Alcyone  2.86  B7e III  vdB 23
>
> 27  Atlas  3.62  B8 III  Ced 190
>
> 17  Electra  3.70  B6e III  vdB 20
>
> 20  Maia  3.86  B7 III  NGC 1432
>
> 23  Merope  4.17  B6 IV  NGC 1435 + IC 349
>
> 19  Taygeta  4.29  B6 V  Ced 19e
>
> 28 = BU  Pleione  5.09v  B8e p  Ced 19p
>
> 16  Celaeno  5.44  B7 IV  Ced 19c
>
> 21+22  Asterope  5.64; 6.41  B8e V; B9 V
>
> 18   5.65  B8 V
>
>  Sterope  5.76  B8 V  Ced 19h
>
> Key:
> Star
> Star letter or number; "eta" is "eta Tauri", "57" is "57 Tauri", etc.
> Name
> Common name of the star
> mag
> Apparent visual magnitude
> Sp
> Spectral type of star
> Nebulosity
> Catalog number of associated nebulosity (if one is present)
> The most conspicuous of the Pleiades reflection nebulae is NGC 1435 around
> Merope, also called "Tempel's Nebula". This is the only one which was known
> to John Herschel when he compiled his General Catalog (GC) in 1864, and has
> been assigned the number GC 768. It has a faint extension, IC 349, which is
> very small and 36" south following (east) of Merope.
> Another diffuse nebula, IC 353, is about 1 degree north following of the
> Pleiades, according to the Sky Catalog 2000. The present author has no
> information if this nebula is associated with the Pleiades or their
> nebulosity. Near the boundary of the Pleiades, but with no evidence for a
> connection, lies the diffuse nebula IC 1990, which surrounds the double star
> ADS 2799 (A: 5.9 m, B: 6.3 m, separation 0.4"), see e.g. Vehrenberg's Atlas
> of Deep Sky Splendors..
> Map of the Pleiades Star Cluster M45
>
> In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were seven sisters. Their names were Maia,
> Electra, Alcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celaeno, and Merope. Their parents were
> the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid, Pleione. One day while traveling, the
> Pleiades and their mother met the giant hunter Orion.
> He fell in love with the young women and started to pursue them. After being
> chased for years, Zeus changed them into doves to help them escape. They
> flew into the sky to become the cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus
> the Bull.
> However, only six stars are visible in the sky without a telescope. The
> ancient Greeks explained the absence of a seventh star with several
> different stories. According to one story, all the Pleiades consorted with
> gods except Merope. Merope deserted her sisters because she was ashamed of
> having a mortal husband, Sisyphus.
> Another explanation is related to the myth of the Pleiad Electra who is
> considered the ancestress of the royal house of Troy. The Greeks believed
> that Electra abandoned her sisters in despair and transformed herself into a
> comet when the city of Troy was destroyed. These legends seem to be
> confirmed by a scientific finding according to which a seventh star in the
> group of the Pleiades became extinct toward the end of the second millennium
> BC.
> []s
> Rosely
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Gardner" <rendrag@earthlinkdot net>
> To: "Meteor Observors" <meteorobs@jovian.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 3:23 AM
> Subject: (meteorobs) Pleiades
>
> > What is the magnitude range of the stars in the Pleiades.
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