Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Cancer (Cnc)  ·  Contains:  M 67  ·  NGC 2682  ·  PGC 1393321  ·  PGC 1393917  ·  PGC 1394457  ·  PGC 1399518  ·  PGC 1404439  ·  PGC 1405004  ·  PGC 3091105
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M 67 (NGC 2682), JuergenB
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M 67 (NGC 2682)

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M 67 (NGC 2682), JuergenB
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M 67 (NGC 2682)

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Messier 67 is one of the few Open Clusters which are located outside of the galactic plane. Its age is comparable to that of the solar system, about 4 billion years. Therefore, M 67 is an interesting and well studied object with regard to stellar evolution.

I photographed this nice cluster on a night when the transparency of the sky was far from perfect, but before moonrise.

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M 67 (NGC 2682), JuergenB