At a star party a couple of weeks ago, the question arose of whether there was an asterism name for the trail of seven stars that lead south off Alycone from the Pleaides. Alycone is a tragic female Greek mythology character. "The Radio Antennae" was suggested as a possible asterim name. The only reference I have run across is "Ally's Braid" [the braided hair of Alycone] contained in the SAC v2.5 Asterism database without attribution to source: "Ally's Braid . . . Trailing from Alcyone (Eta Tauri) in the Pleiades; 7 stars in a beautiful chain to the SE of Alcyone (Ally)" See photos - http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060109.html http://cc.joensuu.fi/seulaset/palviainen/pleiades.jpg Apparently, Ally's Braid was also drawn by Galileo in _Sidereus Nuncius_. http://www.pacifier.com/~tpope/Pleiades_Page.htm - Kurt P.S. - Answer was a return from a post to sci.astro.amateur _______________________________________________ Sent via CSolutions - http://www.csolutions.net