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Beehive

Related Category: Astronomy: General

(star cluster): see Praesepe.

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Praesepe - (prēsē´pē) [Lat.,=manger], open star cluster in the constellation Cancer; cataloged as M44 or NGC 2632. It was first recorded by Hipparchus (c.150 B.C.). The cluster is often calle...