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m44

The Beehive Cluster

April 7, 2017 by Brian Ventrudo Filed Under: Deep Sky

The Beehive Star Cluster (Messier 44) in the constellation Cancer. Credit: Marc Van Norden - Flickr)
The Beehive Star Cluster (Messier 44) in the constellation Cancer. Credit: Marc Van Norden – Flickr/CC License)

The constellation Cancer is the faintest of the twelve constellations of the zodiac, and many casual stargazers pass it by when looking from bright Gemini to the striking group Leo to the east. In city skies, the constellation is hard to see at all. But there are some excellent sights in Cancer within reach of a telescope, including the superb star cluster M44, the Beehive Cluster, which is one of the finest objects for a wide-field telescope or a pair of binoculars [Read more…] about The Beehive Cluster

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