Its to make you a victim and keep you programmed. Galileo Galilei was the first astronomer to view the Pleiades through a telescope. Coffin, Tristram Potter. The Pleiades. This Berber name means: "daughters of the night". After this, they were swept into the night sky. [63], A second tale tells the Pleiades are six brothers who rescue their sister, who becomes the seventh star of the constellation. Only six of the boys made it to the sky; the seventh was caught by his mother and fell to the ground with such force that he sank into the ground. In Lithuanian folk songs this constellation is often personified as a benevolent brother who helps orphan girls to marry or walks soldiers along the fields. [citation needed] According to scholarship, some of the themes in their Pleiades stories involve dancing, a punishment inflicted on the characters, or the characters escaping to the sky.[36]. The maiden promises to become the hunter's wife, but before he must accompany her to the sky. The name of the Pleiades comes from Ancient Greek: . Nomads and others need to brace for these.[6][5]. The Dragon's tail is Pleiades and the . Pleiades consists of hot blue stars that were formed together about 100 million years ago. The star, Aldebaran, meaning "the Follower" which is part of the Taurus constellation is seen as forever chasing al-Thurayya across the night sky. The story tells that a poor elderly couple who lived in a forest had raised a family of chickens: a mother hen and her six (or alternately seven) chicks. Historical & Cultural Astronomy. Under ideal observing conditions, some hint of nebulosity around the cluster may even be seen with small telescopes or average binoculars. 1 - It not should not involve any element of making fun of Islam. A purpose doesn't mean a 'world-saving mission' like in movies. The name was borrowed into Persian and Turkish as a female given name, and is in use throughout the Middle East (for example Princess Soraya of Iran and Thoraya Obaid[ar]). The cluster contains over 1,000 statistically confirmed members, a figure that excludes an unresolved likely further number of binary stars. The seven stars of dilh are depicted on ceremonial masks of Black God, in sand paintings and on ceremonial gourd rattles.[59]. Commentators regard the reference in surah al-Najm (#53) of the Quran as the Pleiades; in fact the Arabs often referred to the Pleiades simply as al-najm(the star par excellence), a usage parallel to that in Sumero-Akkadian (Hartner 1965:8). It had the largest monolithic primary mirror in the world from its commissioning in 1998 until 2005. Their leader was Maia the mother of Hermes by Zeus. [78], In northern Java, its rising marks the arrival of the mangsa kapitu ("seventh season"), which marks the beginning of rice planting season. When (the Pleiades) rise, I wake looking for cloth/clothes to wear. " The narration by Muslim from Abu Hurayrah reads: " If faith were at Pleiades, then a man from Persia would reach for it until he attains it. If faith were to go up to the Pleiades, a man from among these would surely find it. [27] Some Greek astronomers considered them to be a distinct constellation, and they are mentioned by Hesiod's Works and Days,[28] Homer's Iliad and Odyssey,[29] and the Geoponica. The cluster, known as Bintang Tujuh ("seven stars") or Bintang Puyuh ("sparrow stars") in Malay, is a marker in the traditional rice planting season in Kedah for sowing paddy seeds. Pleiades Supercomputer. See more. Karthigai () in Tamil refers to the six wives of the seven rishis (sages), the seventh being Arundhati the wife of Vasistha which relates to the star Alcor in Ursa Major. According to cuneiform sources, the Pleiades are among the most important stars. Barbara Marciniak, author of Bringers of the Dawn, is one of the authors who contributes to the New Age mythos of Pleiadian ET beings who are linked to human ancestry. Originally deployed in 2008, Pleiades has been expanded many times and is one of the world's most powerful supercomputers. [69], To the Ban Raji people, who live semi-nomadically across western Nepal and Uttarakhand, the Pleiades are the "Seven sisters-in-law, and brother-in-law" (Hatai halyou daa Salla). [29], 'Volosozhary' (the ones whose hair is glowing), or 'Baby-Zvizdy' (female-stars) refer to the female tribal deities. Like most open clusters, the Pleiades will not stay gravitationally bound forever. [15] lker is also a unisex given name, a surname and the name of a food company best known for its chocolates. Pleiades definition, seven daughters of Atlas and half sisters of the Hyades, placed among the stars to save them from the pursuit of Orion. [96], In Samoa, the Pleiades constellation is called Matalii or Mataalii, meaning "Eyes of the Chiefs". ", Then he mentioned the narrations which the questioner stated in the question and other narrations, and then he gave examples of scholars from Persia during the era of the Taabiis (followers of the Companions) and those who came after them, as he said: The truthfulness of this is what was noticed from the Taabiis and those who came after them, from the people of Persia, the free men and the freed slaves alike, such as Al-Hasan, Ibn Seereen and Ikrimah,the freed slaveof Ibn Abbaas, and others who came after them who were eminent in faith, religion and Islamic knowledge, to the point that these prominent people became better than most Arabs. Using this technique, ages for the Pleiades of between 75 and 150 million years have been estimated. [78], Pleiades was once of most asterisms that used by Bugis sailors for navigation, called worong-porongng bintong pitu, meaning "cluster of seven stars"[79], In the Philippines the Pleiades are known as "Moroporo", meaning either the boiling lights or a flock of birds. Copyright IslamWeb 2023. Islam is an Abrahamic-monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Prophet Muhammad ibn Abdullah (l. 570-632 CE, after whose name Muslims traditionally add "peace be upon him" or, in writing, PBUH).Alongside Christianity and Judaism, it is a continuation of the teachings of Abraham (featured in both Jewish and Christian scriptures, considered a prophet in Islam, after whose name . The Pleiades were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the nymph Pleione. [51][52], The Kiowa of North America legend of the Seven Star Girls links the origin of the Pleiades to Devils Tower. The Pleiades eventually formed a constellation. The boy suckles on his mother's breast for 7 years, becomes immensely strong and goes to kill the dragon. [114] The story tells of the courtship of one of the Seven Sisters by the legendary Man in the Moon. Atlas and Pleione are the neighboring stars, and many Greek temples were oriented to the rising and setting of the Pleiades. Their names, haptiringa (Pers. A group of deities known as Zappu also represent the Pleiades star cluster. ", Some scholars of the Hanafi School interpreted this Hadeeth to mean that it applies to Imaam Abu Haneefah as stated by Ibn Aabideen: There were authentic Ahaadeeth that indicate the virtue of Abu Haneefah, among which is the saying of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim from Abu Hurayrah, and reported by At-Tabaraani from Ibn Masood that the Prophet said: Even if faith were at Pleiades, some men from Persia would attain it. This Hadeeth was also reported by Abu Nuaym from Abu Hurayrah and reported by Ash-Sheeraazi and At-Tabaraani from Qays ibn Sa'ad ibn Ubaadah, with the wording: The Prophet said: If knowledge were hanging at Pleiades, some men from Persia would reach it. In this tale, two sisters, the older Sianpual'etaf, ("Girl Shining In The-Light") and the younger Sianpual'ekia ("Girl Shining In The-Sunset-Glow"), escape from their cruel husbands and become constellations: the older becomes "The Little Eyes" and the younger "The Fan". I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad is His slave and Messenger. The seven Pleiades were the daughters of the Titan Atlas; and where a mother is named, they were the offspring of the Oceanid Pleione. Julien D'Huy, Yuri Berezkin. As in real life, Remmirath rise before Borgil and Menelvagor. Muhammad is noted to have counted 12 stars in the constellation as reported in Ibn Ishaq. A common legend with a modern twist is that one of the brighter stars faded since the cluster was named, leaving only six of the sister stars visible to the unaided eye. Below is a massive list of pleiades words - that is, words related to pleiades. Pleiades is a star cluster that is visible in the night sky. It is also observed to house the reflection nebula NGC 1432, an HII Ionized region. [30] The Pleiades was the most well-known star among pre-Islamic Arabs and so often simply referred to as "the Star" (al Najm). Some component stars will be ejected after close encounters with other stars; others will be stripped by tidal gravitational fields. After their death the gods turned them into water nymphs, and, having taken them to the Heavens, settled them upon the seven stars, where they dance their round dances (symbolic for moving the time) to this day. The husband of the youngest sister, the youngest of the seven brothers, accompanies his spouse and transforms into the Taurus constellation. [43], A Cherokee myth (similar to that of the Onondaga people) indicates that seven boys who would not do their ceremonial chores and wanted only to play, ran around and around the ceremonial ball court in a circle, and rose up into the sky. The constellation remains operational. This material would ordinarily be invisible to us, but it's illuminated by the stars in what's known as a reflection nebula. According to the Middle Turkic lexicographer Kagarl Mahmud, writing in the 11th century, lker erig refers to a military ambush (erig meaning 'troops in battle formation'): "The army is broken up into detachments posted in various places," and when one detachment falls back the others follow after it, and by this device "(the enemy) is often routed." When the Pleiades fall, I wake looking for my goatskin bag to drink. [citation needed] They hold or held that when they can first make them out annually over the mountains straddling the upper Kali they feel happy to see their ancient kin. [72] The Pleiades are called the star of fire, and their ruling deity is the fire god Agni. Pleiades has gained, in a few tongues, several creative derivations of its French quite well-known, non-stellar meaning: "multitude". Calculations suggest that the cluster will take about 250 million years to disperse, with gravitational interactions with giant molecular clouds and the spiral arms of our galaxy also hastening its demise.[55]. ( n. A group of small stars in the neck of the constellation Taurus. Their mother solves the quarrel by taking the princess as their sister. When they rise from the east with the sun, the cold somewhat rainy season is coming. [7] Mention follows (or precedes) of nearby Orion, a bright, anthropomorphic constellation: Amos 5:8; Job 9:9; and Job 38:31. In the Navajo creation story, Upward-reachingway, dilh was the first constellation placed in the sky by Black God. He rescues his sister and resurrects his brothers. It was formerly thought that the dust was left over from the formation of the cluster, but at the age of about 100 million years generally accepted for the cluster, almost all the dust originally present would have been dispersed by radiation pressure. The seven girls became the Pleiades and the grooves on Devils Tower are the marks of the bear's claws. Pleiades Meaning of Name: A constellation Strong's Concordance #H3598 Pleiades is the name of six or seven star constellation that both God and Job reference as an example of the Lord's power and wisdom. Five of the other Pleiades were also loved by gods becoming ancestresses of various royal families including those of Sparta and Troy. [53][54], The Lakota Tribe of North America had a legend that linked the origin of the Pleiades to Devils Tower. [24][25], The earliest-known depiction of the Pleiades is likely a Northern German Bronze Age artifact known as the Nebra sky disk, dated to approximately 1600 BC. [30] Further studies by researcher Tsimafei Avilin show the main names of the constellation in Belarusian: Sieve (Sita or, rarely, Reata, and variations) and The Hens (Kuroka and variations). [31], In Serbian folklore, the Pleiades can be called Vlaii (children of Vlas"),[32] a title possibly connected to Slavic deity Veles. With larger amateur telescopes, the nebulosity around some of the stars can be easily seen; especially when long-exposure photographs are taken. I enquired from Muhammad (may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). The first and only two constellations to be named in Old Iranian sources are Ursa Major and the Pleiades, in the Younger Avesta. Their names were Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope.The Pleiades are best known as a constellation in the sky consisting of seven stars. In Hinduism, the Pleiades are known as Kttik and are scripturally associated with the war-god Kartikeya but the Hindus celebrate the first day (new moon) of the month of Kartik as Diwali, a festival of abundance and lamps. In historical Russian treatises about astronomy, the constellation was known as semizvedie, as well as vlasozelisci. 5. In Quechua they are called Qullqa (storehouse). The fact that they are like this is also further evidence of theveracity of the Prophet, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam., ShaykhAl-IslamIbn Taymiyyah said: The Quran and the Sunnah praised some non-Arabs; Allaah says (what means): {It is He who has sent among the unlettered a Messenger from themselves reciting to them His verses and purifying them and teaching them the Book and wisdom - although they were before in clear error And [to] others of them who have not yet joined them. [56][65], In a tale from the Tachi people, the Pleiades are five sisters who lived in sky and marry a man named Flea. The Prophet is noted to have counted twelve stars in the constellation as reported in Ibn Ishaq. [Quran 62:2-3]. Interpretations and traditional meanings of the star cluster among various human cultures, The verse quoted here is verse 3 from the aforementioned chapter. Due to lithium's very low ignition temperature of 2.5 106 K, the highest-mass brown dwarfs will burn it eventually, and so determining the highest mass of brown dwarfs still containing lithium in the cluster can give an idea of its age. [10] This dust cloud is estimated to be moving at a speed of approximately 18 km/s relative to the stars in the cluster. It was from this acronychal rising that the Pleiades became associated with tears and mourning. The Pleiades were depicted in a mural on one kiva wall. Their names are Alcyone, Merope, Main, Electra, Taygeta, Asterope, and Celaeno. Stayt, Hugh Arthur, and International African Institute. He is described as God's special servant, a protector, trickster, saint, and mystic, who has been identified with various ancient deities. It contains a large amount of bright nebulous material and more than 1,000 stars, of which six or seven can be seen by the unaided eye and have figured prominently in the myths and literature of many cultures. Some scholars of Islam suggested that the Pleiades (Ats-tsuraiya) are the Star in Najm, which is mentioned in the Quran . Like many neighbours, the Basotho associate its visibility with agriculture and plenty. The Pleiades is probably the most famous star cluster in the sky, prominent with the naked eye and difficult to mistake. The seven little girls were chased by bears, and climbed a low rock. The Revelation 12 Dragon Constellation can be located by finding Orion in winter months. The name of the constellation inspired a group of Alexandrian poets, the Alexandrian Pleiad, then the French literary movement La Pliade. [9], The cluster is dominated by hot blue luminous stars that have formed within the last 100 million years. Pleiades. That is one of the things that nullify a person's Islam. It is also known as the Seven Sisters and designated as Messier 45. This Dragon's mouth is the V-like constellation The Hyades Cluster, which is also known as the head of Taurus the Bull. Pleiades, in Greek mythology, the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas and the Oceanid Pleione: Maia, Electra, Taygete, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope. The boys, who knew magic song, began to dance around their house and slowly make their ascent to the heavens, to become the Seven Stars, which can only be seen in winter. [50], A tale attributed to the Iroquois people tells that the Pleiades were six boys who danced atop a hill to the tune a seventh was singing. What is the story behind the Pleiades? Influenced by Hinduism, the stars represent the seven princesses, which is represented in the court dance of Bedhaya Ketawang of the royal palaces of Surakarta. As daughters of Atlas, the Hyades were sisters of the Pleiades. They are simply known in Sumerian as the Stars (MUL.MUL), while their Akkadian name, the Bristle . Pliades is an environment-focused constellation (consisting of two satellites, referred to as 1A and 1B) from CNES of France, which were launched on 17 December 2011 (Pliades 1A) and 2 December 2012 (Pliades 1B). Indeed, the real virtue is following what Allaah sent Muhammad, sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam, to deliver, of faith and knowledge, both inwardly and outwardly; the stronger a person is (in faith and knowledge), the better he is. The astrological Pleiades were described in Three Books of Occult Philosophy by Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (Kln, 1533, but published manuscript as early as 1510). Milan and Dragoman marry princesses, and the first fathers seven golden-haired children. Fairly near to Aldebaran, you should see a tight cluster of blue stars. [62], The Skidi Pawnee consider the Pleiades to be seven brothers. They begged the rock to save them, and it grew higher and higher until they were pushed up into the sky. Measurements of the distance have elicited much controversy. [44][45], A Cheyenne myth "The Girl Who Married a Dog", states that the group of seven stars known as the Pleiades originated from seven puppies which a Cheyenne chief's daughter gave birth to after mysteriously being visited by a dog in human form to whom she vowed "Wherever you go, I go". In Ukrainian traditional folklore the Pleiades are known as (Stozhary), (Volosozhary), or - (Baby-Zvizdy). The nine brightest stars of the Pleiades are named for the Seven Sisters of Greek mythology: Sterope, Merope, Electra, Maia, Taygeta, Celaeno, and Alcyone, along with their parents Atlas and Pleione. In Farsi the Pleiades is primarily known as Parvin (pronounced "parveen"). [49] An estimate of the frequency of binary stars in the Pleiades is about 57%.[50]. A sure sign is if they teach polarity and fear, pick a side and fight, or someone is gonna come save ya. Along with the Orion Nebula and the Praesepe cluster, Messier's inclusion of the Pleiades has been noted as curious, as most of Messier's objects were much fainter and more easily confused with cometssomething that seems scarcely possible for the Pleiades. Instead, it seems that the cluster is simply passing through a particularly dusty region of the interstellar medium. Their father, wrathful at their disobedience, banishes them to another part of the sky. One night, their mother sent them to bed without supper and, in the next morning, without breakfast. The first two are references about their creation. Sun Man is angered by the mistreatment of the children and punishes the people with a drought, causing the buffalo to disappear, until the dogs, the only friends of the orphans, intercede on behalf of the people. The Pleiades are a group of stars situated on the shoulder of the constellation Taurus. 'Stozhary' can be etymologically traced to "" (stozharnya) meaning a 'granary', 'storehouse for hay and crops', or can also be reduced to the root "-" ('sto-zhar'), meaning 'hundredfold glowing' or "a hundred embers". [115], The Irish writer Lucinda Riley has published a series of books about The seven sisters that is based on the Pleiades of the ancient Greek mythology.[116]. Veles (god).[26][27][28]. II. (Sahih al-Bukhari) Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: If the din were at the Pleiades, even then a person from Persia would have taken hold of it, or one amongst the Persian descent would have surely found it. The Retrospective Methods Network Newsletter 2017, pp.100-122. It is one of the most prominent of the nakshatra and is associated with anger and stubbornness. Their glowing fire sticks became the bright stars of the Pleiades cluster. He revealed it to her, but she flew up to Heaven, never to fulfill her promise, thus she was placed in the constellation Pleiades,[9] although she is also associated with the planet Venus.[10]. The Ancient Egyptians may have used the names "Followers" and "Ennead" in the prognosis texts of the Calendar of Lucky and Unlucky Days of papyrus Cairo 86637. [46][47], The Hopi determined the passage of time for nighttime rituals in the winter by observing the Pleiades (Tstsqam)[48][49] and Orion's belt (Hotmqam) through a kiva entrance hatch as they passed overhead. These duties are performed regularly and encompass duties to God, to personal spiritual growth, to care for the poor, self-discipline, and sacrifice. When Black God entered the hogan of creation, the Pleiades were on his ankle; he stamped his foot and they moved to his knee, then to his ankle, then to his shoulder, and finally to his left temple. As such, the seven are elevated to the sky as "The Seven Stars" (the Pleiades). [58], The Pleiades (dilh) play a major role in Navajo folklore and ritual. (Sahih al Muslim) Does the above hadeeth refers to Imam Bukhari (the author of Sahih al-Bukhari), who is also of Persian descent? [56], Analyzing deep-infrared images obtained by the Spitzer Space Telescope and Gemini North telescope, astronomers discovered that one of the cluster's stars, HD 23514, which has a mass and luminosity a bit greater than that of the Sun, is surrounded by an extraordinary number of hot dust particles. In reality, the name of the star cluster almost certainly came first, and Pleione was invented to explain it. In normal main-sequence stars, lithium is rapidly destroyed in nuclear fusion reactions. Pleiades has received significant, periodic support from the National Endowment for the Humanities since 2006. All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the Worlds. of , kimah, in Job 9:9; Job 38:31; but in Am 5:8 out A. V. has "the seven stars," although the Geneva version translates the word "Pleiades" as in the other cases. John Michell calculated in 1767 that the probability of a chance alignment of so many bright stars was only 1 in 500,000, and so surmised that the Pleiades and many other clusters of stars must be physically related. The constellation is known as Cmaamc, which is apparently an archaic plural of the noun cmaam "woman". [56][61], In a tale attributed to Pacific Coast indigenous populations, the Pleiades are a family of seven sisters who, fed up with their husbands (all brothers) not sharing with them their game, want to be changed into stars. The Pleiades, in Greek mythology, are the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione (named Alcyone, Merope, Electra, Celaeno, Taygeta, Maia, and Asterope). Taurus is composed of two main groups of stars; the Pleiades and Hyades.The Pleiades are a star cluster with eta (), Alcyone, as the principal star, situated on the shoulder of the Bull, also known as the Seven Sisters and Messier 45, or M45.Traditionally six of the stars are visible to the naked eye, another star is "lost" or "invisible" giving rise to stories and . At a distance of about 444 light years, it is among the nearest star clusters to Earth. Pleiades Words. Those authors note that the difference between these results can be attributed to random error. [55], The Monache people tell of six wives who loved onions more than their husbands and now live happily in "sky country". Each year, Pleiades in partnership with Copper Nickel and Gulf Coast distributes the featured book in the Unsung Masters Series. Pleiades, (catalog number M45), open cluster of young stars in the zodiacal constellation Taurus, about 440 light-years from the solar system. In Swahili, the cluster is called "kilimia" (from Proto-Bantu "*ki-dimida" in Bantu areas E, F, G, J, L and S), meaning 'The Ploughing Stars'. 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The Pleiades Book Review is an online supplement to the magazine that features both long-form reviews and shorter reviews of books released primarily by independent publishers. Its heliacal rising, which moves through the seasons over millennia (see precession) was nonetheless a date of folklore or ritual for various ancestral groups, so too its yearly heliacal setting. Why Are There Seven Sisters?. [38] De Goeje also states that the Pleiades as the beginning of the year occurred "with all the tribes of Guiana". As-Suyooti said: This Hadeeth narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim is an authentic source, reliablein its reference to Abu Haneefah; its soundness is agreeable, andit eliminates the need for the reports of thebiographerswho have no knowledge about the sciences of Hadeeth, asin the chain of narrators of those reports there are liars and fabricators. [End of quote] [Abridged], Moreover, the Commentary of Ash-Shabraamallisi, citingthe prominent scholar Ash-Shaami, the student of As-Suyooti, reads: What our Shaykh authoritatively determined - that it is Abu Haneefah who is meant by this Hadeeth - is apparent and there is no doubt about it; because no man from the people of Persia reached his status in knowledge., You can search for fatwa through many choices. The Comprehensive Dictionary of the Contemporary Ukrainian Language. Find out today detailed interpretation of over 35,000 dreams and other related topics in our dictionary. In these stories, the man is called Nyiru[86] or Nirunja,[87] and the Seven Sisters songline known as Kungkarangkalpa. It eponymises the Thuraya satellite phone system of the United Arab Emirates. Studies show that the dust responsible for the nebulosity is not uniformly distributed, but is concentrated mainly in two layers along the line of sight to the cluster. The Hawaiian creation chant known as the Kumulipo also begins with reference to the pleiades (known as the makali`i). Continue moving your eyes in the same direction (usually northwest), from Orion's belt to Aldebaran and beyond. They refused to share these coals with anybody and were ultimately tricked into giving up their secret by Crow, who brought fire to mankind. Norris, Ray P., Norris, Barnaby R.M. [37], Edme-Sbastien Jeaurat then drew in 1782 a map of 64 stars of the Pleiades from his observations in 1779, which he published in 1786. Charles Messier measured the position of the cluster and included it as M45 in his catalogue of comet-like objects, published in 1771. [84] The myth of the Pleiades in South Pacific Islands is related to Matariki, and the stars were originally one.[85]. Nurturing or Motherly by Nature. The following table gives details of the brightest stars in the cluster: Ages for star clusters can be estimated by comparing the HertzsprungRussell diagram for the cluster with theoretical models of stellar evolution. According to the Seris (of northwestern Mexico), these stars are seven women who are giving birth. One day a monk arrived at the couple's home during his Dhutanga journey. There is an analogous holiday in Hawaii known as Makahiki. Pleiades Meaning and Samhain. [97][98], Across the Bantu languages of Southern Africa, the Pleiades are associated with agriculture,[99][100][101][102] from a verb -lima 'cultivate',[103] e.g., Giryama kirimira,[104] Kaguru chilimia;[105] Xhosa and Zulu isilimela; Sotho and Tswana selemela; Tsonga shirimela, Venda tshilimela;[106] Karanga chirimera; Nyabungu kelemera; Nyasa lemila.[107]. "Seven Stars". 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