Beehive Star Cluster (Messier 44) in Cancer the Crab Constellation

The Beehive Cluster is the key to finding Cancer in the night sky, but dark skies are needed to see this gorgeous open star cluster. Learn how to find this object in the night sky.

Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction to the Beehive Cluster
2:26 - Map of Cancer the Crab Constellation
4:23 - Messier 67 (Golden Eye Cluster)
5:18 - Galileo observed the Beehive Cluster
6:47 - Averted Vision technique

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▶ Cancer Constellation: bit.ly/LearntheSky-CancerConstellation
▶ Types of Star Clusters: bit.ly/LearntheSky-TypesofStarClusters

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Photo Attributes
▶Cancer Constellation Photos: Akira Fujii - The Constellations www.davidmalin.com/fujii/general/af_const1.html
▶Cancer Map: By IAU and Sky & Telescope magazine (Roger Sinnott & Rick Fienberg) - [1], CC BY 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15406241
▶Cancer Illustration: By Alessio Govi - Uranographia, Johann Bode, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2211310
▶Cancer Illustration: By Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi - www.flickr.com/photos/47254367@N02/4331610099/, CC BY-SA 2.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9405311
▶Beehive Cluster: By Miguel Garcia - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38478849
▶Messier 67: By Sloan Digital Sky Survey - skyserver.sdss.org/dr14/SkyServerWS/ImgCutout/getj…, CC BY 4.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77372445
▶Galileo: By Justus Sustermans - www.nmm.ac.uk/mag/pages/mnuExplore/PaintingDetail.…, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=230543
▶Crayfish Cancer: By Johannes Hevelius - www.atlascoelestis.com/, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16745802
▶Greek Coins should Dionysus: By Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. www.cngcoins.com/, CC BY-SA 3.0, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=29323486

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