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Beehive Cluster

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Beehive Cluster
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Beehive Cluster

Summary

Beehive Cluster is an open cluster[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of open_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (560 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Beehive Cluster is credited with the discovery of Aratus[3].
  • Beehive Cluster's instance of is recorded as open cluster[4].
  • Beehive Cluster's constellation is recorded as Cancer[5].
  • Beehive Cluster is part of Orion Arm[6].
  • Beehive Cluster's Commons category is recorded as Beehive Cluster[7].
  • Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as M 44[8].
  • Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as NGC 2632[9].
  • Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as OCl 507.0[10].
  • Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as Collinder 189[11].
  • Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as Melotte 88[12].
  • Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as C 0837+201[13].
  • Beehive Cluster's catalog code is recorded as [KPS2012] MWSC 1527[14].
  • Beehive Cluster's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 260 BC[15].
  • Beehive Cluster's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Beehive Cluster[16].
  • Beehive Cluster's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.46'}[17].
  • Beehive Cluster's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'amount': '+3.1'}[18].
  • Beehive Cluster's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[19].
  • Beehive Cluster's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[20].
  • Beehive Cluster's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[21].
  • Beehive Cluster's described by source is recorded as Small Soviet Encyclopedia[22].
  • Beehive Cluster's radius is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+7.5'}[23].
  • Beehive Cluster's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'Q21500224', 'amount': '+5.371'}[24].
  • Beehive Cluster's radial velocity is recorded as {'unit': 'Q3674704', 'amount': '+35.64'}[25].
  • Beehive Cluster's metallicity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.16'}[26].
  • Beehive Cluster's distance from Earth is recorded as {'unit': 'Q531', 'amount': '+607'}[27].

Body

Geography

Beehive Cluster is part of Orion Arm[6].

Designation and Status

Beehive Cluster's instance of is recorded as open cluster[4].

History and Context

Catalog codes include M 44[8], NGC 2632[9], OCl 507.0[10], Collinder 189[11], Melotte 88[12], and C 0837+201[13].

Why It Matters

Beehive Cluster ranks in the top 3% of open_cluster entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (560 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Aratus Utah

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . On Structural Properties of Open Galactic Clusters and their Spatial Distribution. Catalog of Open Galactic Clusters. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . A Catalogue of Star Clusters shown on Franklin-Adams Chart Plates. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . messier.seds.org. Retrieved . messier.seds.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . cseligman.com. Retrieved . cseligman.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. Observational Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . On the metallicity of open clusters. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . adsabs.harvard.edu. Retrieved . adsabs.harvard.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Beehive Cluster
    Metallicity → {'amount': '+0.16'}
    Local thumb → —
    Age estimated by a dating method → {'unit': 'Q524410', 'amount': '+0.7'}
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