Cr 189
E572603
Cr 189 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, better known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe, one of the nearest and most prominent clusters visible to the naked eye.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | open star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 600 million years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Beehive Cluster
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
M44 ⓘ Messier 44 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2632 NERFINISHED ⓘ Praesepe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | 95 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitude | 3.7 ⓘ |
| apparentShape | loose cluster ⓘ |
| belongsToGalaxy | Milky Way NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bestSeenFromHemisphere | Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalog | Collinder catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | 189 ⓘ |
| contains |
main-sequence stars
ⓘ
red giant stars ⓘ |
| containsNumberOfStars | several hundred ⓘ |
| declination | +19° 40′ ⓘ |
| discoveryStatus | known since antiquity ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 180 parsecs
ⓘ
about 590 light-years ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | open cluster population ⓘ |
| hasMessierNumber | 44 ⓘ |
| hasNGCNumber | 2632 ⓘ |
| hasProperMotion | true ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBound | true ⓘ |
| isNearbyCluster | true ⓘ |
| isOneOfMostProminentOpenClusters | true ⓘ |
| isOneOfNearestOpenClusters | true ⓘ |
| isProminentCluster | true ⓘ |
| isTargetFor |
exoplanet searches
ⓘ
stellar evolution studies ⓘ |
| isUsedAs |
benchmark for stellar models
ⓘ
distance calibration cluster ⓘ |
| isVisibleBestIn | spring ⓘ |
| liesNearEcliptic | true ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metallicity | near-solar ⓘ |
| observedBy |
Charles Messier
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ⓘ
Galileo Galilei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 08h 40m ⓘ |
| spectralTypeDominant |
F-type stars
ⓘ
G-type stars ⓘ |
| visibleToNakedEye | true ⓘ |
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