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  • "... in astronomy, an assemblage of seven stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus, the bull, although there are only six of them visible to the naked eye. The largest is of the third magnitude, and named Lucida Pleiadum."

    Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 348

    October 14, 2008

  • Psst… shouldn't that be "The largest is of the third magnitude"?

    Btw, what happened to the seventh of the set?

    October 14, 2008

  • Thanks--fixed! What happened? I don't know. I assume it's there, but visible only with a telescope.

    October 14, 2008