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Star cluster

Messier 44 (Beehive Cluster)

A nearby open star cluster in Cancer, visible to the naked eye as a hazy patch.

Type
Star cluster
Domain
Scientific connections
Connections
2

Experience system V6

Star cluster scientific profile

A graph-grounded scientific layout that adapts to available evidence, imagery, relations, and source coverage.

Evidence graphScientific mapOriginal SVGSource trail
  1. 01

    Observe

    The page falls back to graph and source evidence when no cleared image is available.

  2. 02

    Measure

    Measurement panels use graph coverage, catalog identifiers, and source availability without inventing values.

  3. 03

    Locate

    Part of Messier Catalogue.

  4. 04

    Connect

    2 graph relations shape the knowledge viewport.

Object type
Star cluster
Graph relations
2
Verified sources
1
Image records
0
Domain
Scientific connections
Status
Graph entity

Scientific map

Atlas context

Messier 44 (Beehive Clust...coordinate fields shown only when available
  • Part of

    Messier Catalogue

  • Associated with

    Open Cluster

Original SVG diagram

Deep-sky morphology

Galaxy-scale viewBulge / nucleusDisk or stellar haloMorphology comes from observationStar cluster
Object class
Star cluster
Catalog numbers
Not recorded
Image records
0
Graph relations
2
Messier CatalogueOpen ClusterMessier 44 (Beehive Clu...Star cluster

Visual knowledge graph

Relationships, not isolated facts

This viewport is generated from the Asteria knowledge graph. Science, culture, and interpretive links remain separated by domain so visual context never changes the evidentiary meaning of a relation.

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catalog

Messier Catalogue

A catalogue of 110 deep-sky objects compiled by Charles Messier.

astrophysical object class

Open Cluster

A loose, irregular group of a few dozen to a few thousand stars born together from the same molecular cloud, found in the disk of the Galaxy. Their stars share an age and composition, making open clusters key laboratories for stellar evolution; because they are only weakly bound, they gradually disperse over hundreds of millions of years.

astrophysical object class

Deep-Sky Object

A catch-all term for any object beyond the Solar System that is neither a single star nor a planet — the star clusters, nebulae, and galaxies that fill catalogues from Messier to the NGC. Deep-sky objects are the classic targets of the amateur telescope and the workhorses of stellar and galactic astrophysics.

astrophysical object class

Globular Cluster

A dense, roughly spherical swarm of tens of thousands to millions of very old stars, tightly bound by gravity and orbiting in the halo of a galaxy. Globular clusters are among the oldest structures in the Universe, and their tightly packed, coeval stars make them benchmarks for stellar ages and the early history of the Galaxy.

astrophysical object class

Stellar Association

A loose grouping of young, massive stars that formed together but are not gravitationally bound, so they drift apart over tens of millions of years. OB associations trace the sites of recent star formation along a galaxy's spiral arms and are often still embedded in the gas of their parent clouds.

star cluster

Messier 10

A globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus.

Data

Scientific data & provenance

Data & provenance

Stable ID
star_cluster:messier-44
Type
Star cluster
Domain
Scientific connections
Relationships
2
Graph version
1.0.0

Dataset membership

Open data

In the graph export: graph.json · graph.jsonld

Planned API: GET /api/v0/entities/star_cluster:messier-44

Scientific quality

Partial
Unreviewed1 sourcev1.0.0

1 of 6 applicable dimensions complete, 2 partial

Description
Complete
Source coverage
Partial
Relationship coverage
Partial
Review coverage
None
Citation coverage
None
Image coverage
None
Timeline coverage
Not applicable

Scientific entity. Dimensions that cannot apply to this object are excluded rather than counted as gaps. See the evidence framework and authority dashboard.

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Sources & references

The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.

  • NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

    Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

    Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.