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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