Mars passes through the Beehive star cluster this week

Mars is passing near the Beehive cluster, Messier 44 in Cancer, visible in the eastern sky before sunrise this week.

• Mars is passing through the Beehive cluster, catalogued as Messier 44 in the constellation Cancer, during the week of 12 October.
• The Jeddah Astronomical Society recommended observing the conjunction two to three hours before sunrise from a location away from city lights.
• The cluster appears as a faint misty patch beside a reddish Mars, with binoculars revealing its individual stars.