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Messier 67
Messier 67
Credit: ESO/Dss2, Giuseppe Donatiello
(Colorized Dss2 plates)
RA 08 51 23.040 DEC +11 48 50.40
M67 is on open cluster in Cancer. It is at about 2,800 light-years away, and it is also very old with an average age of 5 billion years. Open clusters usually disperse within a billion years, so M67's longevity can be traced to its relative remoteness from the galactic plane.
To observe it we need at least a small binocular.
Messier 67
Messier 67
Credit: ESO/Dss2, Giuseppe Donatiello
(Colorized Dss2 plates)
RA 08 51 23.040 DEC +11 48 50.40
M67 is on open cluster in Cancer. It is at about 2,800 light-years away, and it is also very old with an average age of 5 billion years. Open clusters usually disperse within a billion years, so M67's longevity can be traced to its relative remoteness from the galactic plane.
To observe it we need at least a small binocular.