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Cancer is best known among stargazers as the home of Praesepe ([[Messier 44]]), an open cluster also called the Beehive Cluster, located right in the centre of the constellation. Located 577 light-years from Earth, it is one of the nearest open clusters to our Solar System. M 44 contains about 50 stars, the brightest of which are of the sixth magnitude. The smaller, denser open cluster [[Messier 67]] can also be found in Cancer, 2500 light-years from Earth. It has an area of approximately 0.5 square degrees, the size of the full Moon. It contains approximately 200 stars, the brightest of which are of the tenth magnitude.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_%28constellation%29 Cancer]</ref> | Cancer is best known among stargazers as the home of Praesepe ([[Messier 44]]), an open cluster also called the Beehive Cluster, located right in the centre of the constellation. Located 577 light-years from Earth, it is one of the nearest open clusters to our Solar System. M 44 contains about 50 stars, the brightest of which are of the sixth magnitude. The smaller, denser open cluster [[Messier 67]] can also be found in Cancer, 2500 light-years from Earth. It has an area of approximately 0.5 square degrees, the size of the full Moon. It contains approximately 200 stars, the brightest of which are of the tenth magnitude.<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_%28constellation%29 Cancer]</ref> | ||
==History and Mythology== | ==History and Mythology== | ||