M67 (Open cluster)
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Also known as: NGC 2862
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Right ascension: 8h 50m
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Declination: 11° 49'
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Constellation: Cancer
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Date/time: 2008.03.30 21:30 UT
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Equipment: 12" f/5 Newtonian
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FoV: 24'
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Magnification and filter(s): 71x
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Seeing: 7/10
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Transparency: 4/5
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Location: Nádasdladány, Hungary
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Observer: Ferenc Lovró
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Description:
The second largest open cluster of the constellation Cancer, right after the M44, which can also be seen with naked-eyes even under suburban skies. On a power of 71x, it fills the neary half degree field of vision. It was easily found: even the 8x50 finderscope displays it as a shiny little blur. The M67 is a nice, dense open cluster, with a members of high variety of brightness: there are about a dozen dominant stars of the 12th magnitude, but in the backround you can easily detect stars of 13-14m. The entire population visible to me were at least 100 stars, however the background looks really diffuse, so I assume there must be plenty of even dimmer stars in this cluster.
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Hi-resolution image: [ reversed sketch | original sketch ]
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