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Open cluster M67 in Cancer

author: Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin Images/Novapix

reference: a-aou26-82001

Image Size 300 DPI: 51 * 40 cm

Messier saw this fine open cluster in 1780, indeed it is hard to miss, being almost 30 arc minutes in diameter. The cluster is about 2500 light years away and is among the oldest open clusters.  

Keywords for this photo:

1992 - AAO - ASTRONOMY - CANCER - M67 - NGC 2682 - OPEN CLUSTER - POSTER - SIDING SPRING - STAR - STAR CLUSTER -