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Re: (meteorobs) Pleiades

Hi Robert
There is not that, dispose when you need.

Dark sky (without luminous pollution) and I clean (without pollution
industrial and/or clouds) for you also
Hugs
Rosely - Br
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Gardner" <rendrag@earthlinkdot net>
To: <meteorobs@jovian.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 6:09 AM
Subject: 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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