Messier 67, also known as M67 or NGC 2682, is an open cluster of stars in the constellation Cancer, discovered by the German astronomer Johann Gottfried Koehler in 1779. It is one of the oldest open clusters known, with age estimates ranging from roughly 3.2 to 5 billion years, and lies about 2,600 to 2,900 light-years from Earth, making it a frequent subject of study for stellar evolution because its many member stars formed together and have since aged in place.
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Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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1. Wikidata: Messier 67
- Wikidata Q13997, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- wikidata-q13997 Wikidata claim (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)
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Messier 67, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
Messier 67 (also known as M67 or NGC 2682) and sometimes called the King Cobra Cluster or the Golden Eye Cluster is an open cluster in the southern, equatorial half of Cancer.
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Messier 67 (also known as M67 or NGC 2682) and sometimes called the King Cobra Cluster or the Golden Eye Cluster is an open cluster in the southern, equatorial half of Cancer.
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