Cr 189

E572603

Cr 189 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, better known as the Beehive Cluster or Praesepe, one of the nearest and most prominent clusters visible to the naked eye.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cr 189 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf open star cluster ⓘ
age about 600 million years ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Beehive Cluster ⓘ
M44 ⓘ
Messier 44 ⓘ
NGC 2632 ⓘ
Praesepe ⓘ
angularSize 95 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitude 3.7 ⓘ
apparentShape loose cluster ⓘ
belongsToGalaxy Milky Way ⓘ
bestSeenFromHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
catalog Collinder catalogue ⓘ
catalogNumber 189 ⓘ
contains main-sequence stars ⓘ
red giant stars ⓘ
containsNumberOfStars several hundred ⓘ
declination +19° 40′ ⓘ
discoveryStatus known since antiquity ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 180 parsecs ⓘ
about 590 light-years ⓘ
galacticPopulation open cluster population ⓘ
hasMessierNumber 44 ⓘ
hasNGCNumber 2632 ⓘ
hasProperMotion true ⓘ
isGravitationallyBound true ⓘ
isNearbyCluster true ⓘ
isOneOfMostProminentOpenClusters true ⓘ
isOneOfNearestOpenClusters true ⓘ
isProminentCluster true ⓘ
isTargetFor exoplanet searches ⓘ
stellar evolution studies ⓘ
isUsedAs benchmark for stellar models ⓘ
distance calibration cluster ⓘ
isVisibleBestIn spring ⓘ
liesNearEcliptic true ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Cancer ⓘ
metallicity near-solar ⓘ
observedBy Charles Messier ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
rightAscension 08h 40m ⓘ
spectralTypeDominant F-type stars ⓘ
G-type stars ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye true ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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