Re: VMs: Replies on the Pleiades Occultation Thread

[Arqy0plex@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 1/21/2005 6:18:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx writes:


> Getting back to the illustration of interest,
> as I wrote before, the Pleiades are almost a 
> certain guess, but does it show that the author
> was a great observer?
> This is not at all clear. The group is known as
> the group of seven stars in many different cultures,
> and there are seven stars drawn, but the naked eye
> will invariably see 6 or 8 stars or more. Never
> seven. This is not just my point of view, this is
> a known feature since documented history.
> The group of stars in the VMs doesn't particularly
> look like the Pleiades, but this is perhaps not
> relevant. I am not aware of any ME illustrations
> where they have been drawn somewhat accurately.


Just an observation: Maybe it's not the Pleiades? Ursa Minor also has 7 stars....