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From: michaelm@3comvax.UUCP (Michael McNeil)
Newsgroups: net.astro
Subject: Re: Pleiades, Meteors, Comet Halley
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Date: Wed, 4-Sep-85 18:57:40 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  4 18:57:40 1985
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> I've heard stories about reliable observers back in the 1700's who reported 
> seeing as many as 14 stars in the Pleiades.  Obviously these were people with
> extraordinarily acute vision, plus they lived in an era before light
> pollution.   I only see six, as do most people I've talked to.  The best 
> response I've heard to the question "If there are seven sisters, why do I 
> only see six?" is "The seventh one is very young and can't stay up 
> this late."  I've never viewed the nebulosity naked eye, nor have I heard
> anyone claim to.
> 				David Bryant

There's an ancient myth associated with the ``Seven Sisters.''  
As I recall, the ``seventh sister'' left the Pleiades and become
the star Sirius.  There is, however, no evidence that such a
transformation of Sirius actually took place during ancient times.  

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