Re: VMs: Re: Pleiades

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Robert Teague <rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> According to the research I've done, f68r3 shows the
> 
> Moon in Taurus on 29 Dec 1615, and the wavy line
> means
> that the Moon will eclipse the Pleiades the next
> night.

Hi!

I presume that on 30 Dec. 1615 the moon is indeed in
the Pleiades. If that event is shown in the VMs,
it must have been a prediction. Such events could
definitely be predicted sufficiently accurately
in the middle ages. I do wonder if there are any
records of its interest, and the interest in 
predicting it, in historical astronomical works.

I also wonder how often it happens. I know it is
quite rare, but presumably, in a hundred years,
it will happen several times.

Cheers,  Rene


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