M44 - Praesepe
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Landgraaf
TMB 80/480 @ f4.8 (TeleVue TRF2008 FR&FF)
Baader UHC-S
Losmandy G-11
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Atik 1HS, Vixen VMC110L & Guidemaster
Canon 350D
12 x 300 sec @ ISO800
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Canon 350D
12 x 300 sec @ ISO800
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M44, also known as "Praesepe" or the "Beehive Cluster" is a well known open star cluster which can be quite easily observed with the naked eye in the center of the constellation Cancer.This cluster is quite close at a distance of 577 light years. The age of the cluster is estimated at about 730 million years.
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