Beehive Cluster
One of the nearest open clusters. Antiquity saw a misty patch here and forecast weather by it: if the Beehive vanished, rain was coming — in fact haze was covering it.
Where to look
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Data
- Type
- an open cluster
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Magnitude
- 3.1
- Apparent size
- 1.58 °
- Distance
- 577 light years
- Right ascension
- 130.025 °
- Declination
- 19.983 °
- Designations
- M 44 · NGC 2632
- NGC description
- Praesepe; = M44
An estimate. NGC 2000.0 carries no distances, and published measurements disagree by up to a third.
The Messier list and the NGC/IC designations come from NGC 2000.0 (Sinnott, 1988), CDS Strasbourg.
Nearby in the same constellation
| Designations | Type | Magnitude | Apparent size |
|---|---|---|---|
| M67 · M 67 | an open cluster | 6.9 | 30.0′ |