M44 - Beehive Cluster | The Sky Tonight

Object image

M44, Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

Object image source

Atlas Image courtesy of 2MASS/UMass/IPAC-Caltech/NASA/NSF

Permission

Public domain

Image	Representation	Date	Deep Sky Object
Image	Bode (1801), Plate 13: Cancer	1801	M44 - Beehive Cluster
Image	Galileo (1610): Orion Nebula and Beehive	1610	M44 - Beehive Cluster M42 - Great Orion Nebula
Image	Galileo (1610): Praesepe or Beehive	1610	M44 - Beehive Cluster
Image	Urania's Mirror (1825) card: Cancer	1825	M44 - Beehive Cluster

Deep Sky Object Info

Object ID: M44

Object type: Open Cluster

Messier: M44

NGC: 2632

Constellation: Cnc

Distance (LY): 5.8 x 10²

Magnitude: 3.70

Deep Sky Object Links

Wikipedia: M44

SEDs: M44

SEDs Observation History: M44

Starts with a Bang: M44, The Beehive Cluster / Praesepe

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