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The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger", "cot" or "crib"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189), is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. One of the nearest open clusters to Earth , it contains a larger population of stars than other nearby bright open clusters holding around 1,000 stars .
Delta Cancri also marks the famous open star cluster Praesepe (or the Beehive Cluster, also known as Messier 44). In ancient times M44 was used as a weather gauge as the following Greek rhyme from Aratos' Prognostica reveals: A murky manger with both stars Shining unaltered is a sign of rain.
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Messier 41 (also known as M41 or NGC 2287) is an open cluster in the constellation Canis Major. It is sometimes referred to as the Little Beehive Cluster . [ 4 ] It was discovered by Giovanni Batista Hodierna before 1654 and was perhaps known to Aristotle about 325 BC. [ 5 ]
Average thickness of Milky Way Galaxy [43] (1,000 to 3,000 ly by 21 cm observations [44]) 10 20: 100 Em: 113.5 Em Thickness of Milky Way Galaxy's gaseous disk [45] 10 21: 1 zettameter (Zm) 1.54 Zm Distance to SN 1987A, the most recent naked eye supernova 1.62 Zm Distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud (a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way) 1.66 Zm
Messier 4 or M4 (also known as NGC 6121 or the Spider Globular Cluster) is a globular cluster in the constellation of Scorpius. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and catalogued by Charles Messier in 1764. [9] It was the first globular cluster in which individual stars were resolved. [9]
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