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The Beehive Cluster (also known as Praesepe (Latin for "manger", "cot" or "crib"), M44, NGC 2632, or Cr 189), is an open cluster in the constellation Cancer. One of the nearest open clusters to Earth , it contains a larger population of stars than other nearby bright open clusters holding around 1,000 stars .
Cancer is one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac and is located in the Northern celestial hemisphere. Its name is Latin for crab and it is commonly represented as one. Cancer is a medium-size constellation with an area of 506 square degrees and its stars are rather faint, its brightest star Beta Cancri having an apparent magnitude of 3.5.
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ζ Cancri (Latinised to Zeta Cancri) is the system's Bayer designation; ζ 1 Cancri and ζ 2 Cancri those of its two constituents. The designations of the two constituents as ζ Cancri AB and C, and those of their components—ζ Cancri A, B, Ca, Cb, Cb1 and Cb2—derive from the convention used by the Washington Multiplicity Catalog (WMC) for multiple star systems, and adopted by the ...
Epsilon Cancri (ε Cancri, abbreviated Epsilon Cnc, ε Cnc) is a white-hued binary star system in the zodiac constellation of Cancer.It is the brightest member of the Beehive Cluster [14] with an apparent visual magnitude of +6.29, [2] which is near the lower limit of visibility with the naked eye.
• HD = Henry Draper Catalogue designation number • HIP = Hipparcos Catalogue designation number • RA = Right ascension for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0 • Dec = Declination for the Epoch/Equinox J2000.0 • vis. mag. = visual magnitude (m or m v), also known as apparent magnitude • abs. mag. = absolute magnitude (M v)
Gamma Cancri, or γ Cancri, is a star in the northern constellation of Cancer. It is formally named Asellus Borealis / ə ˈ s ɛ l ə s b ɒ r i ˈ æ l ɪ s /, the traditional name of the system. [12] Based on parallax measurements, it is located at a distance of approximately 181 light years from the Sun.
NGC 2775, also known as Caldwell 48, is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Cancer.It is 67 million light-years (20.5 megaparsecs) [3] away from the Milky Way.It was discovered by William Herschel in 1783.