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M 44 · Beehive

M 44 · Open cluster · Cancer

Beehive

Also known as NGC 2632 · Praesepe Cluster

Messier 44
Smart Telescope · Large Targets

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Type: Open cluster
Constellation: Cancer
Position (J2000): 8h 40m 22s · +19° 40′ 20″
Discovered: by Aratus in -259

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 3.1; visual
Size: 108.6′
Distance: ~610 ly
Best months: Dec–Feb

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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