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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M44 Beehive Cluster, Prodromos
M44 Beehive Cluster
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M44 Beehive Cluster

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M44 Beehive Cluster, Prodromos
M44 Beehive Cluster
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M44 Beehive Cluster

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One of the nearest clusters to our planet Earth, it contains a larger population of stars than other nearby bright open clusters holding around 1,000 stars. 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.
This was another quick test on the ONTC 8" telescope (around 117x60seconds stack) from my lovely Strovolos light polluted city.

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M44 Beehive Cluster, Prodromos