Beehive Cluster

E137799
Messier object NGC object deep-sky object open star cluster

The Beehive Cluster is a bright, nearby open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, easily visible to the naked eye and one of the closest such clusters to Earth.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Beehive Cluster canonical 5

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object ⓘ
NGC object ⓘ
deep-sky object ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ
age_Gyr about 0.6 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Cr 189 ⓘ
M44 ⓘ
Messier 44 ⓘ
NGC 2632 ⓘ
Praesepe ⓘ
angularSize_arcmin 95 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeRange individual stars from about 6 to 13 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 3.7 ⓘ
appearsAs nebulous patch to naked eye ⓘ
bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestViewingSeason late winter ⓘ
spring ⓘ
cataloguedBy Charles Messier ⓘ
constellation Cancer ⓘ
contains main-sequence stars ⓘ
red giant stars ⓘ
white dwarf candidates ⓘ
coreRadius_pc about 1.1 ⓘ
declination_J2000 +19° 40′ ⓘ
discoveryEpoch antiquity ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly about 577 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc about 177 ⓘ
eclipticProximity near the ecliptic ⓘ
galacticPopulation thin disk ⓘ
hasProperMotion common proper motion of member stars ⓘ
hasSpectralTypeRange A to K ⓘ
knownTo ancient Greek astronomers ⓘ
ancient Roman astronomers ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
mass_SolarMasses about 500 ⓘ
messierNumber 44 ⓘ
metallicity_Fe_H about 0.0 ⓘ
ngcNumber 2632 ⓘ
numberOfMemberStars several hundred ⓘ
observedWith binoculars ⓘ
small telescopes ⓘ
radialVelocity_km_s about 33 ⓘ
rightAscension_J2000 08h 40m ⓘ
similarTo Hyades ⓘ
tidalRadius_pc about 12 ⓘ
trumplerClassification II,3,m ⓘ
usedFor distance scale calibration ⓘ
studies of stellar evolution ⓘ
visibilityToNakedEye yes ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

constellation Cancer → containsDeepSkyObject → Beehive Cluster ⓘ
subject surface form: Cancer
Praesepe → hasAlternativeName → Beehive Cluster ⓘ
M44 → hasName → Beehive Cluster ⓘ
Messier 44 → hasAlternativeName → Beehive Cluster ⓘ
Delta Cancri → isNear → Beehive Cluster ⓘ