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  • chained_bear commented on the word pleiades

    "... in astronomy, an assemblage of seven stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus, the bull, although there are only six of them visible to the naked eye. The largest is of the third magnitude, and named Lucida Pleiadum."

    —Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 348

    October 14, 2008

  • rolig commented on the word pleiades

    Psst… shouldn't that be "The largest is of the third magnitude"?

    Btw, what happened to the seventh of the set?

    October 14, 2008

  • chained_bear commented on the word pleiades

    Thanks--fixed! What happened? I don't know. I assume it's there, but visible only with a telescope.

    October 14, 2008