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ATLANTIDES PLEIADES

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 835 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PLEIADES  Or VERGILIAE, in See also:astronomy, a See also:group of stars situated in the See also:constellation See also:Taurus . They are supposed to be referred to in the Old Testament (See also:Job. ix . 9, xxxviii . 31) . This group is particularly See also:rich in See also:bright stars, and is full of nebulosity, but there are fewer faint stars than in equal areas of the surrounding See also:sky; the central See also:star is See also:Alcyone (3rd magnitude); Plelone and See also:Atlas are also of the 3rd magnitude .

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