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Messier M44

Object Information Messier object: M44 Common name: Beehive Cluster or Praesepe NGC (New General Catalog) number: NGC 2632 Discription: Open Cluster Located in constellation: Cancer Right ascension in hours:minutes: 8:40.1 Declination in degrees:minutes: 19:59 Visual magnitude: 3.7 Size: 95 arc minutes Image size: 55.23 arc minutes high by 40.98 arc minutes wide Image orientation: North is top, East is left Detailed discription of M44 in SEDS Messier database Other Messier galleries, images or catalogs

Observing Log
Date September 27, 1998
Time at end of first CCD image 05:17 PDT
Time at end of last CCD image 05:20 PDT
Observing Location: At home on the drive way
Observation of object: M41 is a very large irregularly round open cluster with a few very bright stars.
 
Sky Conditions
Sky transparency: 5.0 (Magnitude of the faintest star visible with the unaided eye in Ursa Minor)
Moon sets at 22:28 PDT on September 26, 1998
Astronomical twilight ends in the evening at 20:38 PDT on September 26, 1998
Astronomical twilight starts in morning at 5:20 PDT on September 27, 1998
 
Observing Equipment
80 mm aperture refractor telescope and CCD Cookbook Camera
CCD image time: 8 - 10 seconds images added together
CCD dark calibration frames: 8 - 10 seconds dark frames

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