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	Pleiades (star cluster) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Pleiades are a prominent sight in the northern hemisphere in winter, and have been known since antiquity to cultures all around the world, including the Maori and Australian Aborigines, the Japanese and the Sioux of North America.
		Accurate knowledge of the distance to the Pleiades allows astronomers to plot a Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram for the cluster, which when compared to that plotted for clusters whose distance is not known allows their distance to be estimated.
		The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Asterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygete, Celaeno and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pleiades_(star_cluster) (1996 words)

	Pleiades
		Pleiades (mythology), in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of Atlas and of Pleione, the daughter of Oceanus.
		The Pleiades are a dipper-shaped cluster of stars situated in the “shoulder” of the constellation Taurus.
		The Pleiades is also interpreted as a mother hen with her chickens, especially in Eurasia, where the star Aldebaran, which is located close to the Pleiades, is often included as a part of the constellation.
	www.kitezh.com /sevensisters/pleiades.htm (2289 words)

	Pleiades (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pleiades (star cluster) - an open cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus;
		Pleiades (mythology) - the seven sisters of Greek mythology;
		Pleiades (volcano group) - a group of volcanoes in Antarctica;
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pleiades (106 words)

	APOD: 2002 December 1 - The Pleiades Star Cluster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pleiades can be seen without binoculars from even the depths of a
		Seven Sisters and M45, the Pleiades is one of the
		The Pleiades contains over 3000 stars, is about 400 light years away, and only 13 light years across.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap021201.html (103 words)

	Messier Object 45
		In 1767, Reverend John Michell used the Pleiades to calculate the probability to find such a group of stars in any place in the sky by chance alignment, and found the chance to be about 1/496,000.
		The distance of the Pleiades cluster has been newly determined by direct parallax measures by ESA's astrometric satellite Hipparcos; according to these measurement, the Pleiades are at a distance of 380 light years (previously, a value of 408 light years had been assumed).
		Some of the Pleiades stars are rapidly rotating, at velocities of 150 to 300 km/sec at their surfaces, which is common among main sequence stars of a certain spectral type (A-B).
	www.seds.org /messier/m/m045.html (1912 words)

	Citroen parts and citroen hudraulics specialists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pleiades is an English based company specialising in the overhaul of hydraulic components fitted to all models of Citroën cars, from the very first "DS" to the very latest "Xantia".
		Pleiades is a UK leading dealer of citroen parts, suspension spehere, rolls royce hydraulics, maserati hydraulics, citroen spares, citroen hydraulics specialists, liquid hydraulic mineral, citroen.
		Car Audio Pleiades is a UK leading dealer of citroen parts, suspension spehere, rolls royce hydraulics, maserati hydraulics, citroen spares, citroen hydraulics specialists, liquid hydraulic mineral, citroen.
	www.pleiades.uk.com (295 words)

	The Pleiades, the Seven Sisters were the orginal Gay constellation
		Astronomically, the Pleiades is located in a corner of the zodiac sign of Taurus and consists of several hundred stars about 500 light years from Earth, a very short distance in galactic terms, sort of like the neighbours down the street.
		The Pleiades constellation is simply another (minor) grouping of fixed stars which has been swept aside by western astrologers as heavies such as Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, the asteroids, Chiron (the centaurs), and the trans-Neptunian planetary bodies have grabbed the fancy and attention of most modern astrologers.
		The second (and surely the most certain) reason the Pleiades will never regain its once and former association with homosexuality, is that the constellation of the Pleiades was highjacked in the second half of the 20th Century by the UFO and flying saucer buffs.
	www.gay-astrology.com /pleiades.shtml (1840 words)

	Reconfigurable Computing using Heterogenous Processors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pleiades : A cluster of stars in the constellation Taurus, six of which are readily visible and represent the daughters of Atlas, the seventh being 'lost'.
		The Pleiades project at UC Berkeley seeks to achieve ultra-low power high-performance multimedia computing through the reconfiguration of heterogeneous system modules.
		Pleiades is funded by DARPA under the Adaptive Computing Systems project.
	bwrc.eecs.berkeley.edu /Research/Configurable_Architectures (138 words)

	The Pleiades in mythology \| Pleiade
		As the Pleiades cluster is close to the ecliptic (within 4°) in the constellation of Taurus it is a spring and autumnal 'seasonal' object in both the northern and southern hemispheres.
		The heliacal (near dawn) rising of the Pleiades in spring in the northern hemisphere has from ancient times augured the opening of the seafaring and farming season: while its dawn autumnal setting marked the season's end.
		In an alternative myth, the Pleiades were the virgin companions of Artemis, to the ancient Greeks, the goddess of hunting and the Moon.
	www.pleiade.org /pleiades_02.html (1692 words)

	The Pleiades in reality... Pleiades star cluster \| Pleiade
		This beautiful image of the Pleiades cluster was produced by David Malin of the Anglo-Australian Observatory and is the copyright of the Anglo-Australian Observatory and the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh.
		The analysis of the spectra of the Pleiades nebulae by Vesto Slipher in 1912 showed them to be reflection nebulae, as their spectra correspond to the spectra of the associated stars.
		The distance of the Pleiades cluster from the Earth was determined in 1997 using direct parallax measurements from the European Space Agency Hipparcos astrometric satellite.
	www.pleiade.org /pleiades_03.html (2691 words)

	PLEIADES
		Among those, CNES decided to set the priority to the development of metric resolution systems, in the optical domain as well as the radar domain to cover all the european needs, both civilian and defence, for reseach and applications, of a commercial nature or for public services.
		The PLEIADES optic component is composed of two "small satellites" (mass of one ton) offrering a spatial resolution at nadir of 0.7 m and a field of view of 20 km.
		Their great agility enable a daily access all over the world, essentially for defence and civil security applications, and a coverage capacity necessary for the cartography kind of applications at scales better than those accessible to SPOT family satellites.
	smsc.cnes.fr /PLEIADES (413 words)

	M45, the Pleiades
		The Pleiades are one of the finest and nearest examples of a reflection nebula associated with a cluster of young stars.
		However, even the brightest of the Pleiades stars (Alcyone, apparent visual mag +2.9) is relatively faint and would be inconspicuous (and nameless) if it were not a member of the cluster The faintest named star is Asterope, (V = +5.8), close to the threshold of naked eye visibility.
		More information on the Pleiades can be found on Steve Gibson's excellent web pages dealing with both the science and the mythology of this beautiful cluster of faint stars.
	www.aao.gov.au /images/captions/uks018.html (406 words)

	Weasner's Meade ETX Site
		At only 410 light years away, the PLEIADES or "Seven Sisters" is the second-closest star cluster to Earth, its neighbor the HYADES (both in the constellation of Taurus) being the closest.
		One common name for the Pleiades that has been around for a long time is "the Seven Sisters" implying that perhaps there is one star - "the lost Pleiad" as it has become known - that has faded considerably since early times, since only SIX are now conspicuously equal in brightness (see accompanying chart).
		One of the most interesting aspect of the Pleiades - perhaps the most interesting of all sky objects - is the cluster's history and lore and I encourage observers (on a dark and stormy night) to read Robert Burnham's account of this history in his "Celestial Handbook," Vol.
	www.weasner.com /etx/buyer-newuser-tips/pleiades.html (982 words)

	Fundamentals of Observational Astronomy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But when you notice that the Pleiades and the Hyades and the strength of Orion are setting, then is the time for you to be mindful of plowing again, acting in season, and let the seed duly be sowed in the earth.
		The Pleiades served as a celestial timer for the Aztecs, an agrarian marker in Ethiopia, and a cue for plowing, planting, and harvesting for many Native Americans as well as the people of Oceania.
		The story illustrates why the Pleiades and Antares are always separated in the sky, Antares setting in the west as the Pleiades rise in the east.
	ethel.as.arizona.edu /~collins/astro/subjects/observation.html (2439 words)

	PLEIADES, Greek Mythology Link.
		The rising of the PLEIADES is a sign of summer, and their setting of winter, and for this reason this constellation has been more honored than the others.
		This is the one of the PLEIADES who does not appear in the sky because of the death of Dardanus 1 and the loss of Troy [see also Merope 1].
		This is the one of the PLEIADES who consecrated to Artemis the Cerynitian Hind with the golden horns that Heracles 1 had to fetch.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/PLEIADES.html (576 words)

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		Founded in 1974, Pleiades is an artist run gallery maintained by it's officers and members.
		Located in the Chelsea district of New York City, Pleiades Gallery of Contemporary Art is one of the oldest and most successful artist run galleries in Manhattan.
		The mission of the Pleiades Gallery is to create, maintain and perpetuate a community of highly talented and committed artists, with a handsome, professional gallery for the exhibition of their works.
	www.pleiadesgallery.com (157 words)

	the pleiades zine
		- various issues of the pleiades were a part of the february and april samplers.
		- the pleiades #9-#11 were on display at 2004's national women's studies association conference in wisconsin.
		the pleiades #14 is subtitled "this is the blood that we're made from." it's all about family history & self-esteem & the frequent cruelty of life & how "how things are" easily turns into "how things should be".
	burningtheletters.net /thepleiades (679 words)

	The Pleiades
		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
		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 parsecs (425 light years) away.
		The figure at right, covering a somewhat larger area than the AAO photograph, shows the brightest stars in the vicinity, most of which are members of the Pleiades cluster (some appear in the same part of the sky but actually lie at a different distance).
	www.ras.ucalgary.ca /~gibson/pleiades (1043 words)

	Asko Parpola 12: The Pleiades and the Seven Sages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This constellation was the first one in the ancient Indian star calendar whose conjunction with the sun at the vernal equinox marked the new year around the 23rd century B.C. The six or seven ladies (the Pleiades?) on an Indus seal.
		he Pleiades hold a prominent place as the mothers or wet nurses of the newborn infant in one of the most ancient and central Hindu myths, that of the birth of the war-god Rudra/Skanda, who evidently represents, among other things, the victorious rising sun (and as vernal sun the new year).
		The Pleiades are said to have been the wives of the seven sages, who are identified with the seven stars of the Great Bear.
	www.harappa.com /script/parpola12.html (269 words)

	Mythography \| The Legend of the Pleiades in Myth and Art
		In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione.
		Indeed, the Pleiades must have had considerable charms, for several of the most prominent male Olympian gods (including Zeus, Poseidon, and Ares) engaged in affairs with the seven heavenly sisters - and inevitably, these relationships resulted in the birth of children:
		One of the most memorable myths involving the Pleiades is the story of how these sisters became, quite literally, stars.
	www.loggia.com /myth/pleiades.html (343 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pleiades, in astronomy (Astronomy, General) - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Known as the Seven Sisters, this group was named by the Greeks for the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione; the seventh Pleiad was, according to legend, lost or in hiding.
		Many faint stars associated with the other six are visible with the telescope; one of these stars may have been much brighter and visible to the naked eye in ancient times, thus accounting for the many early references to seven stars.
		The Pleiades cluster is 150 million years old, making it a young star cluster.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Pleiades1.html (265 words)

	The Pleiades M45: Stars and nebulae
		The most conspicuous of the Pleiades reflection nebulae is NGC 1435 around Merope, also called "Tempel's Nebula".
		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.
		The Pleiades nebulosity, notably the Merope Nebula NGC 1435 and the Maya Nebula NGC 1432 are listed in the RASC's Deep Sky Challenge Objects list.
	www.seds.org /messier/more/m045_tab.html (319 words)

	Mythology of the Seven Sisters (Pleiads)
		The mythology associated with the Pleiades cluster is extensive; Burnham alone devotes eight pages to the subject, and Allen more than twice that number (see references).
		The Pleiad(e)s were the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, and half-sisters of the Hyades, whose mother was Æthra (`bright sky'; a different Æthra than the mother of Theseus).
		The Pleiades were also nymphs in the train of Artemis, and together with the seven Hyades (`rainmakers' or `piglets'; individual Hyad names are not fully agreed upon) were called the Atlantides, Dodonides, or Nysiades, nursemaids and teachers to the infant Bacchus.
	www.ras.ucalgary.ca /~gibson/pleiades/pleiades_myth.html (1920 words)

	The Pleiades
		The Pleiades, as well as the Hyades, are part of the constellation Taurus the Bull.
		According to the ancient Greeks, the Pleiades were seven sisters.
		According to one story, one of the Pleiades, Merope deserted her sisters because she was ashamed of having a mortal husband, who also happened to be a criminal.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/mythology/pleiades.html (226 words)

	Pleiades -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		star in the Pleiades, thought to be typical of the shell stars, so called because in their rapid rotation they throw off shells of gas.
		In 1938 sudden changes in the spectrum of Pleione were attributed to the ejection of a gaseous shell, which by 1952 had apparently dissipated.
		Includes a calendar of sky events and observations, list of constellations that are prominent each month, information on Pleiades, photographs capturing the night sky, and a collection of stories, charts, and facts on astronomy.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9060392?tocId=9060392 (853 words)

	shamanic astrology articles - The Magic and Mystery of The Pleiades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Pleiades are among the most known and noted group of stars in the sky, although unlike many constellations from Earth’s perspective they are but a small cluster of 6 visible stars, with a seventh that is more illusive without binoculars or a telescope.
		The month of May marks the conjunction of the Pleiades with the Sun and due to the latitude where this pyramid rests, the Sun reaches the Zenith (exactly overhead) at Noon (about May 20 to May 23) and no shadows are cast on the pyramid.
		The Hyades are half sisters to the Pleiades and were known as the rainy stars because their morning and evening setting was linked to the rainy season.
	www.shamanicastrology.com /articles09.htm (1299 words)

	Connections To The Pleiades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Haliburton recorded that "the ancients believed that Alcyone of the Pleiades was the center of the universe ~ that Paradise, the primal home of humankind and the abode of the Deity and the spirits of the dead, was in the Pleiades".
		In pre-Vedic (Dravidian) India, the Pleiades were referred to on two levels: as the "Seven Mothers of the World" (one of which was Kali); and as the "Seven Priestesses who made judgment on men.
		In modern patriarchal India, the Pleiades, who were once symbolized as the source of the 7 Mothers of the ancient human/Pleiadian race and as the 7 Spiritual Judges of humankind ~ are now known as the 6 nurses.
	home.earthlink.net /~pleiadesx/tara.htm (1078 words)

	Pleiades / Photon Belt
		This mythology seems to be based on a heady mixture of pseudoscience, channelled messages from alleged space entities, biblical prophesy, ignorance and a liberal dose of naivete.
		The Pleiades are approximately 125 parsecs or 407.5 light years from our solar system.
		The Pleiades is a loose cluster of approximately 100 stars with an average age estimated at 78 million years.
	www.geocities.com /Area51/Corridor/8148/pleiades.html (1798 words)

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