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Re: Lost Festivals at Megalithic Sites
Dec 21, 2009, 19:30
tiompan wrote:
Branwen wrote:
Praesepe in Cancer isn't any more like the seven stars on the Nebra sky disc than the Pleiades in Taurus.


Agree , did somebody suggest it/them as opposed to the other P cluster ?,Alun ?


In my opinion I don't think the stars in the Praesepe (Bee Hive) cluster are individually visible to the naked eye and normally requires binoculars to see them as such...Therefore I don't think they are a contender.

The number of stars visible (and therefore their arrangment) in the Seven Sisters can vary from person to person and with age but also with clarity of skys.
I can remember seeing as many as 10 when I was young lad, now I only see 6 in the light polluted skys of Chippenham.... but apparently up to 14 can be see in the right conditions.
It is know that the star cluster is dynamic in that it is expanding and newer stars are being added, although I am not sure it would have been that different in the BA, but who knows?

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