As seen from Earth, Venus shines about 600 times brighter than Alcyone, the most luminous star in the Pleiades. During the weekend try scanning the group with binoculars. You'll see dozens of faint Pleiades invisible to the unaided eye.Among them, bright Venus looks like a supernova.his weekend, the planet Venus will have a rare close encounter with the Pleiades star cluster. Listen to this story via streaming audio, a downloadable file, or get help. March 31, 2004: The Pleiades are elusive.
Robert E. Lee began the war as a military advisor to Jefferson Davis, the first and only President of the Confederate States of America. Lee became commander of the Army of Northern Virginia when its original commander, General Joseph E. Johnston, was wounded in the Battle of Seven Pines in May 1862.
19 Jul 2016. Robert Edward Lee (usually known as Robert E Lee) was the most famous general of the Confederate Army during theAmerican Civil War and fought with distinction. Robert E Lee signed the document of surrender to formally end the American Civil War at the Appomattox Court House on April 9th 1865. Robert E Lee was born on January 19th 1807 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. His father had been a Major General in the Continental Army, served as the Virginia Representative in Congress and had been the 9th Governor of Virginia. Leeâs family had been one of the original colonists in Virginia in the 1600âs.