Praesepen.

1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Præsepe, a constellation in 2 degrees 13 minutes of Leo.

1738 tr. L. Le Comte Mem. & Remarks (new ed.) xiv. 502 So they reckon thirty-six of them [stars] in that of Præsepe Cancri [Fr. Præsepe cancri], twenty-one in that of Orion, forty in the Pleiades [etc.].

1768 Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 248 We extend the same argument to the smaller stars, as well those that are collected together in clusters, such for example, as the Præsepe Cancri, the nebula in the hilt of Perseus's sword, &c.

1791 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 81 72 We pass through gentle steps from a coarse cluster of stars, such as the Pleidaes, the Præsepe, the milky way,..till we find ourselves brought to an object such as the nebula in Orion.

1868 J. N. Lockyer Elem. Lessons Astron. i. §71. 29 The Hyades, in the constellation Taurus, and the Præsepe or ‘Beehive’, in Cancer.

1967 P. Moore Observer's Bk. Astron. 79 Praesepe is easily visible to the naked eye on a moonless night, and binoculars give an excellent view of it.

1995 Astron. & Astrophysics. 298 116/1 We have compiled a list of probable and possible Praesepe members using various optical catalogs.