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Praesepe
(Beehive Cluster, M 44, NGC 2632)
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Praesepeis a part of Cancerhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
has Messier number 44has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
has distance 160 pchas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
has synonym Beehive Clusterhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
has synonym M 44has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
has synonym NGC 2632has source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
is an instance of open clusterhas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
is an instance of Messier objecthas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
is an instance of naked eye objecthas source: Hopkins, J. 1976 Glossary of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago Press, 2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
Messier objecthas apparent dimension2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has apparent magnitude2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
is a part of celestial sphere2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has catalog Messier catalog2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
has purpose originally to catalog all objects which could be confused with a comet2001-09-27 09:30:24.0
open clusterhas age varies widely2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
is a part of disk2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
has catalog open cluster catalog2001-09-27 09:30:55.0
celestial bodyhas spectra2001-09-27 09:30:09.0
physical objecthas location or center of gravity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has angular momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has mass2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has velocity2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has momentum2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has temperature2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has volume2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has extent2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
has material2001-09-27 09:27:27.0
collection of starshas number of stars2001-09-27 09:30:53.0

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