Astrophotography – Messier 67


Messier 67
(Wide field DSO)

Object
Cross Reference
Common Name
Object Type
Constellation
English Name


M67
NGC 2682
n/a
OC (Open Cluster)
Cancer (Ecliptic)
The Crab

RE
DEC
Size
Magnitude
Morphology
Distance
Extends
Age

08h 51m 18s
+11° 49′ 00″
25.0′
+6.9v
Trumpler II 2m
2,700 ly
24 ly
3.2 billion years

 

Location
Mount
Telescope
Type
Camera / CCD
Filter


Milton Keynes, UK
Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6GT
Atlair Astro Lightwave
66ED-R refractor
Canon EOS 700D
Luminance (Lum)

 

 

 

 

 

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Notes – Messier 67

-  M67, NGC 2682
-  200 stars, very large and very bright
-  weak concentration of stars
-  moderate range of brightness
-  as a whole, its stars from a reverse S-shaped pattern, like a King Cobra that swallowed a meal

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Notable features

-  n/a

 

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