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Here is the blog post announcing this observation

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Name
Todd D. Vance
Bowie, MD |
Seeing (1-10)
5
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Site
Alpha Ridge: N39 º19'15''
W76 º54'46'' |
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Date / Time
04/01/06
20:01EST |
Transparency(1-5)
4
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Object Name
M44
Praesepe/Beehive |
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Instrument
9x63 5.8 º
FOV binoculars |
Power
9X |
Constellation
Cancer |
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Location: ___8h __40m _8.5s __19º __45' __27'' J2000 (Starry Night) |
Appears to be buzzing with bees, which surround a “honeycomb”--pentagon formed
by a square and a (optical) double star “peak” (which is a triple star in a telescope). Saturn was in this view
(and I think I just barely saw the rings). I chose the field of view containing Saturn and the two Asseli from Cancer so I
could find it again and again as I plotted the stars.
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