M44: The Beehive Cluster
noirlab_noao-m44bash June 25th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Tom Bash and John Fox/Adam Block
M44 is a beautiful open cluster in the center of the constellation Cancer. It can be seen as a faint nebulosity with the naked eye under good viewing conditions, and is easily resolved with a small pair of binoculars or telescope. In fact, this is one object frequently better suited for binoculars compared to a telescope, due to its large angular extent. Distance estimates for this cluster vary from 500-600 lightyears away, but astronomers are fairly confident in an age of about 600 million years old. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m44bash/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- ID
- noao-m44bash
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M44
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Tom Bash and John Fox/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-25T08:10:35
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m44bash/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory, Visitor Center Roll Off Roof Observatory
- Instrument
- Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 130.13629744, 19.9250608307
- Reference Dimension
- 1438.0, 968.0
- Reference Pixel
- 697.487701416, 553.212317467
- Scale
- -0.00151813850447, 0.00151733630347
- Rotation
- -12.238434811467
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-m44bash
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m44bash.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T18:04:45+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
