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

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M 44 | Beehive | OSC, Peter Graf
M 44 | Beehive | OSC
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M 44 | Beehive | OSC

Acquisition type: Electronically-Assisted Astronomy (EAA, e.g. based on a live video feed)

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Another take on M44 from the balcony, so nothing spectacular. Happy that also some galaxies in the background made it into the picture.

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The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger"), 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. 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.

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M 44 | Beehive | OSC, Peter Graf

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