Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  35 Cnc  ·  38 Cnc  ·  39 Cnc  ·  40 Cnc  ·  41 Cnc)  ·  41 eps Cnc  ·  42 Cnc  ·  Almalaf (ε Cnc  ·  Beehive  ·  Beehive cluster  ·  Cancer  ·  HD72846  ·  HD72942  ·  HD73081  ·  HD73142  ·  HD73161  ·  HD73174  ·  HD73175  ·  HD73210  ·  HD73294  ·  HD73330  ·  HD73345  ·  HD73397  ·  HD73429  ·  HD73430  ·  HD73449  ·  HD73450  ·  HD73487  ·  HD73533  ·  HD73574  ·  And 53 more.
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The Beehive Cluster : M44

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Also known as Praesepe and Beehive cluster, M44 is one of the closest star clusters to our solar system. It is an open cluster in the Cancer Constellation. Initially thought of as a faint cloud, the cluster was only resolved when telescopes became available in 1609.. many thanks to Galileo. Charles Messier added it to his catalog in 1769 after measuring its position in sky. It has very young stars of 600 million years in age. M44 has around 1000 stars with yellowish cool red giants spread across the field of brighter hot blue stars.

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