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<a href="http://messier.seds.org/m/m044.html">M44</a> - <a href="http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?2632">NGC2632</a> - Beehive Cluster, Praesepe<br>
(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier_44">Wikipedia article</a>)<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_cluster">Type:</a> <a href="http://messier.seds.org/open.html">Open</a> <a href="http://messier.seds.org/cluster.html">Cluster</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnitude_(astronomy)">Magnitude:</a> 3.7<br>
Size (arc minutes): 95<br>
Distance (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-year">Light years</a>) : 577<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation">Constellation:</a> <a href="http://messier.seds.org/map/Cnc.html">Cnc</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_(constellation)">Cancer</a><br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_ascension">Right Ascension:</a> 8h 40.1m<br>
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declination">Declination:</a> +19° 59'
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