My Astrophotography – Messier 67

Messier 67 (King Cobra Cluster)

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• Estimated at 3.2 billion years old, making it one of the oldest known open clusters.
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• Also known as the King Cobra Cluster or Golden Eye Cluster.
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• Messier 67 is called the Golden Eye Cluster because many of its brightest, most prominent stars shine with warm yellow or golden hue.
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• It shows that Messier 67 contains over 100 yellow dwarf stars nearly identical to our own Sun in both age and temperature.
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• Messier 67 is nicknamed the King Cobra Cluster because of the way its stars are arranged in a distinctive, winding shape that resembles a snake.
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• Object Name
  Messier 67

• Object Type
  Open Cluster

• Constellation
  Cancer

• Magnitude
  +6.9

• Distance
  2.700 light-years

• Age
  3.2 billion years

• Field of View
  (widefield)

Telescope:

Mount:

Accessory:

Sky-Watcher Esprint 80ED Triplet

Sky-Watcher AZ-EQ6 GT

ZWO ASIair Plus / PixInsight

Camera:

Guiding:

Filter:

ZWO ASI585MC Pro cooling

ZWO ASI1200MM

2″ Optolong eXtreme

• Date:
  Monday 3rd February 2025

• Moonlit:
  Waning Crescent 26 days old
  Magnitude: -10.7
  Moonlit: 15.1%

• Total:
  60’s x 30 subs = 30 minutes
  

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Messier 67 (M67) / NGC 2682

Collinder 204 (Cr204) / King Cobra Cluster /
Golden Eye Cluster

Open Cluster

+6.9

2,700 light years / 24 light years

Cnc (Cancer / The Crab)

08h 51m 40s

+11° 49′ 12″

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