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Re: The Pleiades
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Mon, 6 Sep 1999 17:25:20 GMT
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Op een zekere dag, te weten Mon, 6 Sep 1999 06:41:35 GMT, klom "Sproaticus"
<jsproat@io.com> in het toetsenbord en schreef ons:
> Wow.
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> It's after midnight and I'm walking my dog, in what must be some of the
> thickest light pollution in which one can see stars, when I glance at
> something I've never noticed before, just above the east horizon. The
> Pleiades were just bright enough, with no other stars visible in the
> neighborhood. Tiny little things, but so intense! I now understand why
> mythologies were told about them. Beautiful! I don't think I'll ever not
> notice them again.
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> Next time, I'm using binocs on a tripod. On the mountain. With Barbara to
> show them off to. :-,
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> Cheers,
> - jsproat
Yeah, they're beautiful. I remember the first time I looked at them through
a telescope..... Low magnification (it's big enough), but a large mirror,
to see a faint of the nebula surrounding a few of them....
Ardjan
ps. For those who don't know them, look at the subaru-logo.... 8-)
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