Beehive Cluster, Praesepe
Dreyer's description: Praesepe; = M44
Cross Identifications: GC 1681, h 517. Praesepe [Cancri], Beehive Cluster; Hipparchus, deCh 11, Ha 2.1, Ptolemy 449, Ulegh Begh 446, Tycho 576, Hev 291, Flamsteed 1213, Bode 20; Mel 88, Cr 189.
Right Ascension: | 8 : 40.1 (hours : minutes) |
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Declination: | +19 : 59 (degrees : minutes) |
Distance: | 0.577 (* 1,000 light years) |
Apparent Magnitude: | 3.1 |
Apparent Diameter: | 95. (arc minutes) |
NGC Home NGC 2631 | NGC 2633 M43 | M45
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