Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  M 67  ·  NGC 2678  ·  NGC 2682
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M67 - The King Cobra Cluster, 



    
        

            Antoine Grelin
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M67 - The King Cobra Cluster

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M67 - The King Cobra Cluster, 



    
        

            Antoine Grelin
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M67 - The King Cobra Cluster

Equipment

Imaging Telescopes Or Lenses
Stellarvue SVX130T
Imaging Cameras
QHYCCD QHY600PH C
Mounts
Software Bisque Paramount MyT
Guiding Telescopes Or Lenses
Orion 50mm Guidescope
Guiding Cameras
ZWO ASI290MM Mini

Acquisition details

Dates:
Nov. 4, 2020
Frames:
120×30(1h)
Integration:
1h
Avg. Moon age:
18.26 days
Avg. Moon phase:
86.83%

RA center: 08h51m21s.37

DEC center: +11°5012.4

Pixel scale: 1.163 arcsec/pixel

Orientation: 0.566 degrees

Field radius: 1.077 degrees

WCS transformation: thin plate spline

More info:Open 

Resolution: 5488x3801

File size: 11.5 MB

Data source: Traveller

Description

Messier 67 is one of the most studied open clusters out there. Its age was determined to be between 3.2 to 4 billion years, making it the oldest open cluster in the entire Messier catalog! It is also known to have a mass of more than 1080 the one of our sun.

In astrophotography, the cluster looks mostly white and yellow, with some orange stars here and there. Researchers estimated that the cluster contained at least 150 white dwarfs.

More info: https://www.galactic-hunter.com/post/__m67

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M67 - The King Cobra Cluster, 



    
        

            Antoine Grelin