Beehive Cluster

The Beehive Cluster (also known as The Beehive, Praesepe, Open Cluster M44, Messier Object 44, Messier 44, M44, or NGC 2632) is an open cluster in the Cancer constellation. It was known to Aratus by 260 BC. M44 is visible to the naked eye at a distance of about 577 light-years away from Earth. Its age was estimated at about 730 million years.

External links

• Messier 44, SEDS Messier pages