M44 Beehive Cluster (Kristopher McGinnis)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cancer (Cnc) · Contains: 38 Cnc · 39 Cnc · 40 Cnc · 41 Cnc) · 41 eps Cnc · 42 Cnc · Almalaf (ε Cnc · Beehive · Cancer · HD73210 · HD73598 · HD73710 · HD73712 · HD73819 · HD73871 · HD73974 · IC 2388 · IC 2390 · M 44 · NGC 2624 · NGC 2625 · NGC 2632 · NGC 2637 · NGC 2643 · NGC 2647 · Praesepe · Praesepe Cluster · The star 38 Cnc · The star 39 Cnc · The star 40 Cnc · And 1 more.

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M44 Beehive Cluster

The Beehive Cluster is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. One of the nearest open clusters to Earth, it contains at least 1,000 gravitationally bound stars, for a total mass of about 500 – 600 Solar masses. A recent survey counts 1,010 high-probability members, of which 68% are M dwarfs, 30% are Sun-like stars of spectral classes F, G, and K, and about 2% are bright stars of spectral class A. Also present are five giant stars, four of which have spectral class K0 III and the fifth G0 III.

[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive_Cluster]

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RA (center)	08h40m08s.97
RA (top/left)	08h43m53s.56
RA (top/right)	08h44m35s.75
RA (bottom/right)	08h36m20s.73
RA (bottom/left)	08h35m47s.20

Dec (center)	+19°42′56″.9
Dec (top/left)	+18°07′33″.8
Dec (top/right)	+21°12′30″.7
Dec (bottom/right)	+21°18′05″.9
Dec (bottom/left)	+18°13′01″.7

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