Re: VMs: Pleiades Occultation Further Date Refinement

["Robert Teague" <rteague@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rene wrote:

> Robert suggested that there should be no major 
> planets near the Moon/Pleiades, but for me it is
> quite possible that the big 'star' drawn in the
> same figure is actually one of the planets.

Well, any time the sun is depicted, it is drawn with the wavy
lines eminating from it.  Any time the moon is shown, it is in
a waxing gibbous phase. On the folios with planets, they are
drawn as circles.

No such circles are present. If you observe the star field, it
is clear the large star near the Pleiades is Aldebaran.

Of course, it may be there was a planet present, but the Author 
left it out for esthetic reasons. However, there is no reason to
assume such. The Author wasn't much of an artist, but he did
observe celestial events accurately.

Robert

"Drop the hot sauce, and step away from the nose!"  --Shego

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