Beehive Cluster
Cosmic StructuregalacticESTABLISHED
aka M44 · Praesepe
Universe / Cosmic Web / Beehive Cluster
Nearby open cluster in Cancer.
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mass600 M☉
age0.6 Gyr
scale domaingalactic
true distance577 ly
rendered radius39.7 u
directionreal
confidence72%
evidenceestablished
imported fromexpanded-curated
sources
- · Curated expanded catalog (manual)
- · literature (M44) (dataset)
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