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Re: (meteorobs) Pleiades
Thanks Rosely. I am a very old bachelor and I need the hug even if it is by
e-mail. I also wish I had some clear skies. Here in Southern California, USA
the primary light pollution is residential lighting and neon signs. Even when I
go to the desert the surrounding communities pollute the skies.
Rosely Gregio wrote:
> 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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