March 21, 2011
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| Right Ascension (J2000) : 08h 40m 00 | Declination (J2000) : +19° 40' 00" |
| Object Type : Open cluster | Object Classification : |
| Constellation : Cancer | Object Size : 95' |
| Visual Magnitude : 3.10 | Surface Brightness : 13.00 |
| Description : !!Praesepe Beehive;200 memb to 14 mag | Catalogue Notes : Beehive or Praesepe |
| Also Cataloged as : M44, Cr 189, Mel 88, Lund 468, h 517, GC 1681 | |
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72mm Megrez Canon 500D Baader Coma Corrector + Astronomik CLS filter 20 min @ 1600 ISO (20 subframes of 60 sec stacked), autoguided Seeing : 3/5, Temperature : 2°C, Humidity : 69% @ 1036 mbar Local light pollution, altitude : 49° |