Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 6/7/83; site hao.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!hao!band From: band@hao.UUCP Newsgroups: net.physics Subject: re: Clusters of stars Message-ID: <551@hao.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Jun-83 12:33:33 EDT Article-I.D.: hao.551 Posted: Mon Jun 20 12:33:33 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 21-Jun-83 14:08:55 EDT References: <499@avsdS.UUCP> Organization: High Altitude Obs./NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 14 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.