Open cluster M67 in Cancer

by: Anglo-Australian Observatory/David Malin Images/Novapix
Reference: a-aou26-82001
Date: 2006-09-16

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.

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