Reports on a study of the Pleiades star cluster using a mosaic of images from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite. Triangular cavity in the infrared map; Interpretation by Smith College's Richard E. White and University of Colorado's John Bally; Launching...
Star Clusters Steven N.Shore, inEncyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology (Third Edition), 2003 IHistorical Introduction The first observations of a cluster can be found in the earliest compilations of theconstellationsby the Greeks. The Hyades,Pleiades, and Praesepae are all mentioned. These...
If we accept the premise that the sky is a map and picture gallery in which the Divine Teacher displays old and new information for humanity's benefit, and uses exact star and planet formations to encourage human beings to contemplate certain figures and themes more deeply, then one symbol we...
Job xxxviii. 31. ⇒ Alcyone, the brightest of these, a star of the third magnitude, was considered by Madler the central point around which our universe is revolving, but there is no sufficient evidence of such motion. Only six pleiads are distinctly visible to the naked eye, whence the...