M44 The Beehive Cluster
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Roth Ritter
Lamy, NM on 2010, May 10
LRGB (80:40:40:40)
Lamy, NM on 2010, May 10
LRGB (80:40:40:40)
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RCOS 10RCA @ f/7 (1825mm)
Paramount ME
SBIG STL-11000M, AO-L, Filter set C L R G B
Paramount ME
SBIG STL-11000M, AO-L, Filter set C L R G B
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Additional Notes:
The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger"), M44, NGC 2632, or
Cr 189) is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. It is one of the nearest open
clusters to the Solar System, and it contains a larger star population than most other
nearby clusters. Under dark skies the Beehive Cluster looks like a nebulous object to
the naked eye; thus it has been known since ancient times. The classical astronomer
Ptolemy called it "the nebulous mass in the breast of Cancer," and it was among the
first objects that Galileo studied with his telescope. [Wiki]