M67 (Kurt Zeppetello)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Cancer (Cnc) · Contains: 50 A02 Cnc · 60 Cnc · M 67 · NGC 2682 · The star 50Cnc · The star 60Cnc

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M67

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

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M67

Link: http://kurt-zeppetello.blogspot.com/

Messier 67 (a.k.a. M67, NGC 2682 or The King Cobra Cluster) is an open cluster in the constellation of Cancer. At 3.5 to 5 billion years old there are older open clusters, however, none of which are as close to Earth at 2600 - 2900 light-years (source: wikipedia).

This object is a personal milestone for me as it is the 55th Messier Object I have imaged and leaving 55 more to capture with my rig. It has taken me almost two years to reach this point although I have only seriously been working on it since last year. I hope to finish in less time and this may be doable since I now have a permanent pier and astronomy shed. The only downside is objects that never get above 25 degrees altitude are hidden by trees from my yard. That leaves 18 Messier Objects I will have image somewhere else. I don't mind the moving and setting up in a different local so much as I have aligned and set so well on the concrete pier. Oh well.

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Astrometry.net job	1465976
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RA (center)	08h51m22s.19
RA (top/left)	08h56m08s.95
RA (top/right)	08h46m08s.34
RA (bottom/right)	08h46m37s.19
RA (bottom/left)	08h56m34s.24

Dec (center)	+11°44′57″.2
Dec (top/left)	+12°36′53″.5
Dec (top/right)	+12°26′26″.5
Dec (bottom/right)	+10°52′42″.5
Dec (bottom/left)	+11°03′05″.0

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