M 44By astrored / November 6, 2023 M43 . . Index . . M45 Messier 44 M 44 (NGC 2632) Open Cluster in Cancer. Beehive Cluster, Praesepe RA=08 40.1, Dec=+19 59. 3.7 mag, dist=0.577 kly. M44 page; DSSM page Hartmut Frommert ([email protected]) Christine Kronberg ([email protected]) Last Modification: 7 Apr 1998, 22:14 MET