Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  13.69  ·  221 Eos  ·  33 Cnc  ·  33 eta Cnc  ·  35 Cnc  ·  38 Cnc  ·  39 Cnc  ·  40 Cnc  ·  41 Cnc)  ·  41 eps Cnc  ·  42 Cnc  ·  Almalaf (ε Cnc  ·  Beehive  ·  Cancer  ·  HD72825  ·  HD72846  ·  HD72942  ·  HD73045  ·  HD73081  ·  HD73135  ·  HD73142  ·  HD73161  ·  HD73174  ·  HD73175  ·  HD73210  ·  HD73294  ·  HD73330  ·  HD73345  ·  HD73397  ·  HD73409  ·  And 67 more.
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M44

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M44

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M44 a.k.ka Beehive Cluster, NGC 2632, or Cr 189. An  open cluster in ~610 light-years in Cancer. Open of the closest clusters to  earth and one of the first objects Galileo studied. Cluster contains ~1000 stars, a mix of white and red dwarfs similar to the Hyades cluster.

LRGB 14h 20m (3x43x300s) from  SPA-1 , a Takahashi FSQ-106ED (106 mm) F3.6 with QHY 600M Pro camera and Astrodon 2nd GEN LRGB filters, situated in IC Astronomy Observatory, Spain. Part of the telescope.live network. Taken on multiple dates March-April 2023.

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M44, Pranay Kanwar