M44

E137801
Messier object deep-sky object open star cluster

M44 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, also known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe, and is one of the nearest and most prominent clusters visible to the naked eye.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
M44 canonical 5

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Messier object ⓘ
deep-sky object ⓘ
open star cluster ⓘ
age about 600 million years ⓘ
angularSize 95 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 3.7 ⓘ
appearsAs nebulous patch of light ⓘ
bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestViewingSeason late winter ⓘ
spring ⓘ
catalogCode Cr 189 ⓘ
M44 ⓘ
Melotte 88 ⓘ
NGC 2632 ⓘ
containsNumberOfStars several hundred ⓘ
containsRedGiants true ⓘ
containsSolarTypeStars true ⓘ
containsWhiteDwarfs true ⓘ
coreRadius about 1.1 parsecs ⓘ
declination +19° 40′ ⓘ
discoveredInAntiquity true ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_ly about 577 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth_pc about 177 ⓘ
eclipticProximity near ecliptic ⓘ
galacticLatitude +32.5 degrees ⓘ
galacticLongitude 205.9 degrees ⓘ
hasHistoricalUse weather omen in antiquity ⓘ
hasName Beehive Cluster ⓘ
Manger ⓘ
Praesepe ⓘ
hasProperMotion true ⓘ
knownToAncientChinese true ⓘ
knownToAncientGreeks true ⓘ
locatedIn Galactic thin disk ⓘ
surface form: Milky Way disk
locatedInConstellation Cancer ⓘ
memberOf Milky Way ⓘ
MessierListInclusionReason resembled a comet ⓘ
MessierNumber 44 ⓘ
metallicity near-solar ⓘ
rightAscension 08h 40m ⓘ
similarTo Hyades ⓘ
Pleiades ⓘ
tidalRadius about 12 parsecs ⓘ
visibilityToNakedEye yes ⓘ
visibleWith binoculars ⓘ
naked eye ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

constellation Cancer → MessierNumber → M44 ⓘ
subject surface form: Beehive Cluster
Beehive Cluster → alsoKnownAs → M44 ⓘ
Praesepe → hasAlternativeName → M44 ⓘ
Messier 44 → hasAlternativeName → M44 ⓘ
Messier 44 → catalogueNumber → M44 ⓘ