Talk:Beehive Cluster

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The main text says that the diameter of the Beehive is 16 ly, but the table says that its radius is 16 ly. Which is it? Vegasprof 19:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 16 is the diameter, 8 is the radius--I fixed it.--Todd 02:36, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

Name: Praesepe
I think the primary name (i.e. the article name) should be "Praesepe" rather than the amateur astronomers alternative "Beehive", but I'm not quite sure. Some ways to examine this is by googling very carefully (just imagine the number of non-stellar beehives!), and by searching ADSABS. If the number of hits of "Praesepe" is vastly major compared to "Beehive", then the matter should be uncontroversial. Rursus dixit. ( m bork3 !) 12:23, 18 January 2010 (UTC)


 * ADSABS:
 * Praesepe 583 hits
 * Beehive 13 hits
 * Google :
 * "Beehive" "star cluster" 6980 hits (couldn't put link here)
 * "Praesepe" "star cluster" 17700 hits (couldn't put link here)
 * Which is not a clear case ... Anyone having an opinion? Rursus dixit. ( m bork3 !) 12:38, 19 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I would prefer Praesepe. BSVulturis (talk) 16:45, 31 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Me too. Rothorpe (talk) 16:56, 31 May 2013 (UTC)


 * Me too, but that's because I'm from germany ;-) Otherwise, I would prefer 'Messier 44' as the article's main name.

By the way: Does anyone of you know where or when this name 'beehive' came up first? Andywi17 (talk) 20:22, 26 December 2016 (UTC)

Photograph
The photograph accompanying this article does not represent well the appearance of M44. I believe that the photograph depicts a small portion of the cluster - the dense region around Epsilon Cancri and 42 Cancri. A wider-scale photograph would be more appropriate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.60.209.109 (talk) 17:13, 18 November 2012 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 09:20, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Why a beehive
Can someone explain why it was called a beehive, and when? My guess it was in U.S? Thanks! 116.250.237.211 (talk) 10:18, 3 October 2023 (UTC)


 * I'm also thinking the same thing here, why is it called the "Beehive Cluster"? User:Hamterous1 (discuss anything!🐹✈️) 11:53, 7 May 2024 (UTC)