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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke6044.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6044. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M44 is the `Beehive' or `Praesepe' (=manger) open cluster in Cancer. Like M42 and M43, this is a very bright (3.5 mag) object known since antiquity. It was first resolved into its component stars by Galileo and contains approximately 350 members. In many ways, such as direction of motion and age (about 700 million years), it is strikingly similar to the nearby Hyades cluster and it has been sugge...

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