Some more thoughts for you today…
After I finished writing down my night thoughts, I was wondering if I have anything else to write you about… Honestly, everything that I’m telling you I take from my life, my daily routine, my friends’ words, my thoughts, something that I hear on the news or feel. So, I went to the kitchen to make some tea, when I got back I saw an email from my dear friend, actually she was my teacher in the university. In her email she was telling me about her life, family and the news happened to her recently… I was happy for her, but a very interesting detail made me to freeze…”I’m reading Homer’s Odyssey at the moment” were her words…I read them over and over again and startled again…I wrote her back asking to write me its key-words and why she likes it.
In a little while I got an answer back, and one of the key-words on her list was the word Pleiades… Isn’t that interesting??? Thought I to myself…Because just recently I read and was going to tell you about trying to find and observe “The Seven Sisters” cluster.
Star cluster Seven Sisters, also known as Pleiades – is the most famous of all star clusters. And I’m sure that many of you heard about it before. I also did, but decided to read about it more, and you won’ believe how much I learned and how much I’ll tell you right now…
Pleiades was first mentioned by Chinese a long time ago around 2300 BC, the first European references we find about 1000 BC. The myth tells that the Pleiades were nymphs, who were transformed by Zeus into a group of doves and places among the stars in order to be saved from the giant Orion.
When you look at them at first sight they will more likely appear to you as a misty patch, but
binoculars together with good eye sight will reveal you six, seven or even more individual stars. It’s said that at least 300 stars are members of this group, but not all of them can be clearly seen. It’s better to use low-power wide-field
astronomy binoculars in order to see the whole cluster, then one individual star.
That’s not even a half of what I’ve learned, but I think instead of studying books, it’s be more romantic to take the
binocular and start looking for it at this wonderful calm and clear sky….
Xxx Enjoy the Pleiades! xxX