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M67 - LRGB 135mm, Tom Gray
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M67 - LRGB 135mm

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M67 - LRGB 135mm, Tom Gray
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M67 - LRGB 135mm

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My last, after a run of better skies, albeit very localised and pot luck. Herewith M67 taken in LRGB with my low resolution DSI3 Pro, and Samyang 135mm lens at f2.6. M67 is an open cluster estimated to be a few billion years old, lying 2,800 LY away in Cancer. The older yellow-red or 'golden' stars are obvious, many of which are red giants, together with a number of younger 'blue stragglers', and a spattering of exoplanets. [Ref Wikipedia]

Not spectacular at this focal length, but fellow UK astro-imager, @David Moore made a very nice image of this cluster recently.

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