The Beehive Cluster (Open Cluster)
Red-band image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 60 arcminutes across.
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From Ashburn (click to change), Beehive Cluster is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 00:32 (EDT) – 6 hours and 53 minutes before the Sun – and reach an altitude of 64° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 06:25.
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Name
Beehive Cluster
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Object Type
Open Cluster
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Position
| Constellation: | Cancer |
| Magnitude: | 3.10 (V)[1] 3.46 (B)[1] |
| B-V Color (mag): | 0.36 |
| Right Ascension: | 08h40m [1] |
| Declination: | +19°40' [1] |
| Distance: | 187.0 parsec 609.6 lightyears [1] |
Derived Quantities
| Absolute Mag (V): | -3.26 |
Source
Events
| 04 Oct 2018, 06:08 EDT | – Close approach of the Moon and M44 |
| 31 Oct 2018, 11:46 EDT | – Close approach of the Moon and M44 |
| 27 Nov 2018, 16:23 EST | – Close approach of the Moon and M44 |
| 25 Dec 2018, 00:19 EST | – Close approach of the Moon and M44 |
| 21 Jan 2019, 10:59 EST | – Close approach of the Moon and M44 |
| 31 Jan 2019 | – M44 is well placed |
| 17 Feb 2019, 22:32 EST | – Close approach of the Moon and M44 |
| 17 Mar 2019, 09:31 EDT | – Close approach of the Moon and M44 |