Beehive Cluster

Summary

Beehive Cluster is an open cluster^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of open_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Beehive Cluster is credited with the discovery of Aratus^[3].
• Beehive Cluster's image is recorded as Messier 44 2018.jpg^[4].
• Beehive Cluster's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].
• Beehive Cluster's constellation is recorded as Cancer^[6].
• Beehive Cluster's part of is recorded as Orion Arm^[7].
• Beehive Cluster's Commons category is recorded as Beehive Cluster^[8].
• Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as M 44^[9].
• Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2632^[10].
• Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as OCl 507.0^[11].
• Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as Collinder 189^[12].
• Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as Melotte 88^[13].
• Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as C 0837+201^[14].
• Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 1527^[15].
• Beehive Cluster's time of discovery or invention is recorded as -0260-00-00T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Beehive Cluster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03tq4b^[17].
• Beehive Cluster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beehive Cluster^[18].
• Beehive Cluster's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.46'}^[19].
• Beehive Cluster's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.1'}^[20].
• Beehive Cluster's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[21].
• Beehive Cluster's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[22].
• Beehive Cluster's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)^[23].
• Beehive Cluster's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia^[24].
• Beehive Cluster's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Praesepe^[25].
• Beehive Cluster's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+7.5'}^[26].
• Beehive Cluster's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+5.371'}^[27].

Body

Geography

Beehive Cluster's part of is recorded as Orion Arm^[7].

Designation and Status

Beehive Cluster's instance of is recorded as open cluster^[5].

History and Context

Catalog codes include M 44^[9], NGC 2632^[10], OCl 507.0^[11], Collinder 189^[12], Melotte 88^[13], and C 0837+201^[14].

Why It Matters

Beehive Cluster ranks in the top 3% of open_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (231 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]