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<div>Given we looked at the Pleidaes star cluster (in the constellation Taurus, a fact I will try to remember as an easy way to find Taurus) the last time I saw you, I thought you might find the information below of some interest. At least, the picture of the Pleidaes pasted in below is very beautiful! If the picture does not show when you open this e-mail, the web site for the picture is the web link towards the bottom. The picture can be expanded to a large size... Recall I told you the Subaru car symbol is a rough diagram of the Pleidaes, though it only shows six stars, while the Pleidaes are "The Seven Sisters." </div>
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<div><a href="http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/constellations/subaru/origin_subaru.html" target="_blank">http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/constellations/subaru/origin_subaru.html</a></div>
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<div><img alt="Subaru
Logo" align="right" src="http://www.wsanford.com/~wsanford/exo/constellations/subaru/origin.gif" width="178" height="106">"SUBARU" is a Japanese word meaning "unite." It is also a term identifying the <a href="http://www.windows.umich.edu/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?link=/mythology/pleiades.html&sw=false&sn=153612&d=/mythology&edu=mid&br=graphic&cd=false&fr=f&tour=" target="_blank">Pleiades star cluster</a> in the constellation Taurus that includes six stars visible to the average eye. According to Greek mythology, Atlas' daughters turned into this group of stars</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/pleiades/" target="_blank">http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/pleiades/</a></div>
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<div>The Pleiades star cluster, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, is a conspicuous object in the night sky with a prominent place in <a href="http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/pleiades/pleiades_myth.html" target="_blank">ancient mythology</a>. The cluster contains hundreds of stars, of which <a href="http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/pleiades/pleiades_see.html" target="_blank">only a handful</a> are commonly visible to the unaided eye. The stars in the Pleiades are thought to have formed together around 100 million years ago, making them 1/50th the age of our sun, and they lie some 130 <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=parsec&db=*" target="_blank">parsecs</a> (425 <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=light+year&db=*" target="_blank">light years</a>) away. From our perspective they appear in the constellation of <a href="http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/constellations/Taurus.html" target="_blank">Taurus</a>, with approximate celestial coordinates of 3 hours 47 minutes right ascension and +24 degrees declination.</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/pleiades/pleiades_myth.html" target="_blank">Mythologically speaking</a>, Atlas and Pleione are <i>not</i> Pleiades, but rather the <i>parents</i> of the Seven Sisters. Why do they get two stars named after them? Atlas is already pretty busy holding the heavens up on his shoulders, and myths vary as to whether or not Pleione was placed in the sky with her daughters. So how did the current naming scheme come about? Beats me. If you know, <a href="http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/" target="_blank">send me email</a>. </div>
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<div><a href="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0601/pleiades_gendler_big.jpg" target="_blank">http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0601/pleiades_gendler_big.jpg</a></div>
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<div><img src="http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0601/pleiades_gendler_big.jpg" width="564" height="425"></div>
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<div>Vision2020 Post: Ted Moffett</div></div><br>