Praesepe

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  1. 1
    The Beehive Cluster, an open cluster in the constellation Cancer.

    "Cancer was occupied by a scarab in Egypt, so the general shape of animal may have been suggested by Praesepe."

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"Cancer was occupied by a scarab in Egypt, so the general shape of animal may have been suggested by Praesepe."

Etymology

From Latin praes(a)epe (“enclousre, pen, name of star cluster”).

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