M44 The Beehive Cluster (Pete Bouras)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cancer (Cnc) · Contains: 41 Cnc) · Almalaf (ε Cnc · Beehive · M 44 · NGC 2632 · Praesepe Cluster · The star 35 Cnc · The star 38 Cnc · The star 39 Cnc · The star 40 Cnc · The star Meleph

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M44 The Beehive Cluster

Took this image with my Stellarvue SVX80 from the backyard.
Std RGB processing, to include SPCC and NoiseXT
Thanks for looking.
-Pete

The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger" or "crib"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189), is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. One of the nearest open clusters to Earth, it contains a larger population of stars than other nearby bright open clusters holding around 1,000 stars. Under dark skies, the Beehive Cluster looks like a small nebulous object to the naked eye, and has been known since ancient times. Classical astronomer Ptolemy described it as a "nebulous mass in the breast of Cancer". It was among the first objects that Galileo studied with his telescope.

Age and proper motion coincide with those of the Hyades, suggesting they may share similar origins. Both clusters also contain red giants and white dwarfs, which represent later stages of stellar evolution, along with many main sequence stars.

Distance to M44 is often cited to be between 160 and 187 parsecs (520–610 light years), The age estimates of around 600 million years (compared to about 625 million years for the Hyades). The diameter of the bright inner cluster core is about 7.0 parsecs (23 light years). At 1.5° across, the cluster easily fits within the field of view of binoculars or low-powered small telescopes. Regulus, Castor, and Pollux are guide stars. (wikipedia)

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