The Brightest Stars of M44

Listed below are the brightest member stars of the Praesepe Open Star Cluster, M44:

HD     RA  (2000.0)  Dec     m_v    Spec   Notes

72779  08:35:19.4 +19:35:24  6.58   G0III  35 Cnc, HR 3387
73210  08:37:46.8 +19:16:02  6.75   A5V
73294  08:38:23.1 +20:12:26  7.83   F7III
73449  08:39:06.1 +19:40:36  7.45   A9Vn   v?
73575  08:39:42.7 +19:46:42  6.66v  F0III  38 Cnc, BT Cnc
73574  08:39:42.8 +20:05:09  7.73   A5V    m: AB
73576  08:39:44.6 +19:16:31  7.67v  A7Vn   BU Cnc
73598  08:39:50.7 +19:32:27  6.59   k0III  m: ADS 6915D, v?
73618  08:39:56.5 +19:33:10  7.32   Am     m: ADS 6915 AB, sv
73619  08:39:57.7 +19:32:31  7.54   Am     m: ADS 6915C, v?
73665  08:40:06.4 +20:00:28  6.39   K0III  39 Cnc, HR 3427, v?, m: A
73666  08:40:11.5 +19:59:16  6.61   A1V    40 Cnc, m: B
73711  08:40:18.1 +19:31:55  7.54   F0III  m: B
73712  08:40:20.1 +19:20:55  6.78   A9V    m
73709  08:40:20.8 +19:41:11  7.70   F2III  m: ADS 6921 C
73710  08:40:22.1 +19:40:11  6.44   K0III  m: ADS 6921 A
73731  08:40:27.0 +19:32:42  6.30   Am     41 Epsilon Cnc, HR 3429, sb
73763  08:40:39.3 +19:13:42  7.80v  A9V    BN Cnc
73785  08:40:43.2 +19:43:09  6.85   A9III  42 Cnc, sb
73819  08:49:56.3 +19:34:49  6.78   A6Vn   ? sp dist 82 pc
73871  08:41:15.4 +20:28:37  6.73   A0III  ? sp dist 290 pc
73890  08:41:18.3 +19:15:39  7.91   A7Vn   m: ADS 6931 AB, v?
73974  08:41:50.1 +19:52:27  6.90   k0III 
74028  08:42:06.5 +19:24:42  7.96v  A7V    BX Cnc

Given are: HD: the number in the Henry Draper Catalogue, RA/Dec: position of star for J2000.0, m_v: apparent visual magnitude (v indicates a variable), Spec: spectral type Notes: Bayer, Flamsteed and Yale Beight Star designation, m if star is multiple (or component of a multiple), v? if star is suspected variable, ? if membership is uncertain because spectral type and magnitude indicate a distance discording with that of the cluster. Most data from the Sky Catalogue 2000.0, Volume 1.

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Last Modification: August 18, 1999