Beehive Cluster – Messier 44, Mar’24

Fresh photons for a classic! Messier 44 photographed this year with my Baader Travel Companion 95/580 Apo.

Messier 44 – Beehive Cluster

The Beehive Cluster is a bright open star cluster in the constellation Cancer at a distance of 610 light-years, reaches its annual culmination at astronomical midnight and is best observed late January.