Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  Beehive cluster  ·  M 44  ·  NGC 2632  ·  Praesepe
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M44 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
M44 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory
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M44 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory

Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com
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M44 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)
M44 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory
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M44 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory

Link to TIFF/FITS: http://www.deepskywest.com

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M44 - From Wiki:

The Beehive Cluster, also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189, is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the nearest open clusters to the Solar System, and it contains a larger star population than most other nearby clusters. Under dark skies the Beehive Cluster looks like a nebulous object to the naked eye; thus it has been known since ancient times. The classical astronomer Ptolemy called it "the nebulous mass in the breast of Cancer," and it was among the first objects that Galileo studied with his telescope.

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M44 - Deep Sky West Remote Observatory, Deep Sky West (Lloyd)