Praesepe, also known as Messier 44 (M44) or the Beehive Cluster, is a large, bright open star cluster located in the constellation Cancer. Messier 44 lies at a distance of about 577 light years from Earth. The Beehive Cluster contains about 1,000 stars. These are mostly young stars, with an approximate age of 600 million years. The bright, massive stars are mostly concentrated in the central region and the fainter, less massive members are found in the cluster’s halo. Unlike many clusters this old, Praesepe is still huge, and still has a small amount of dust or nebulosity around it.
M44 – The Beehive Cluster
Telescope: 16″ f3.75 Dream Scope
Camera: FLI ML16803
Mount: ASA DDM85
Exposure: 5 hours (24x300s L + 3x12x300s RGB)
Date: February 2019 – reprocessed January 2022
Location: Southern Alps, France
Bart Delsaert - Astrophotography 
Dag Bart,Deze mail juist om te melden dat ik jouw NGC2264 Cone Christmastree van februari 2018 tot mijn nieuw achtergrondscherm gekozen heb op mijn smartphone en ipad.Bedankt voor al dat moois.Groetjes,PatrickVerzonden vanaf mijn Samsung Galaxy-smartphone.
Leuk om te lezen. Bedankt Patrick.
I rarely see good photoes. This one is just perfect. I have the feeling of touching the sky.
Good job.
I’ll give you 1000 of 100.
Thank you, Abdullah. That is a good score, although I think there’s always room for improvement:)