Open Cluster M67 in Cancer

A rich open cluster of around 500 stars lying at a distance of 2900 light years. This cluster has a diameter of around 9 light years and, suprisingly, is around 1500 light years above the galaxy's disk. This cluster has an unusual stellar population whose H-R diagram implies it is about 10 billion years old.

Images taken with TEC-140 Telescope mounted on Losmandy G11 mount. Camera used was a Canon EOS20D used at prime focus.

Three 1 minute exposures dark compensated, aligned and stacked, background removed and Digitaly Developed in ImagesPlus 2.10.