Monday evening May 29^th the 5-day old waxing crescent Moon will be within 3-4^o from the open star cluster M-44, or as it probably more known as the “Beehive Cluster”, or from Latin, Praesepe, meaning “manger”.
   Both of which fit easily within the field of view of binoculars.

   This open star cluster, as a group, has a 3^rd-4^th apparent magnitude and to the naked eye appears as a fuzzy patch of light in Cancer the Crab. M-44 is near the 4^th magnitude star Asellus Australis, the star that marks the splitting point for the Y-shaped star pattern.

   
   
   
   
   
   

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