Open Cluster · M44

M44 — The Beehive Cluster

The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe, Latin for "manger") is one of the nearest, largest and oldest open clusters, 577 light-years away in Cancer. With an age of about 730 million years, it is among the oldest open clusters in the Me

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