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Subject: re: Clusters of stars
Message-ID: <551@hao.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 12:33:33 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 20 12:33:33 1983
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	Just a small correction to your comment that the Pleiades contain
	about 500 stars.  They, in fact, are some 3000 strong!!  No little
	open cluster the Pleiades!

			Peter Bandurian
			ucbvax!hplabs!hao!band
			decvax!brl-bmd!hao!band
			seismo!hao!band


PS: Reference: E. Hertzsprung, 'Catalogue of 3259 stars in the Pleiades',
    Leiden Ann. 19 Part 1(1947).
    The definition of membership was showing the appropriate proper motion.