| Beehive Cluster M44 |
The Beehive Cluster can be seen by the naked eye as a hazy patch of light at a distance of 600 light years in the
dim constellation Cancer. The cluster formed about 600 million years ago, and contains about a thousand stars.
Dominating this image are at least 15 bright blue stars of spectral class A and another 4 red giants of spectral class
K0 III.
This image combined 50 minutes of red, 42 minutes green and 36 minutes of blue exposures, all unbinned. An
ST2000XM camera was used through a Takahashi Sky 90 refractor.
dim constellation Cancer. The cluster formed about 600 million years ago, and contains about a thousand stars.
Dominating this image are at least 15 bright blue stars of spectral class A and another 4 red giants of spectral class
K0 III.
This image combined 50 minutes of red, 42 minutes green and 36 minutes of blue exposures, all unbinned. An
ST2000XM camera was used through a Takahashi Sky 90 refractor.
Music: Flight of the Bumblebee, by Rimksy-Korsakov
