| M67 (NGC2682) / Open Cluster, type f, II 3 r |
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| R.A. | 08h 50m 24.0s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +11° 49' 00" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 15.0' |
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| Real Size | 12 light yrs. |
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| # of Stars | 200 |
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| Magnitude | 6.1 |
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| Distance | 2700 light yrs. |
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M67 (NGC2682) is an open cluster about 9 degrees south-east of the Praesepe (M44), with a diameter of 15 arc minutes.
The cluster is positioned just 2 degrees west of alpha Canicri, so it should be easy to find the figure like a nebula with binoculars.
You can appreciate the individual stars with a telescope over 6cm (2.4"), plenty of faint stars with magnitude about 11 to 13 are scattered like gold dust,
and detectable that the whole of shape is like a hemisphere.
M67 consists of about 200 stars, and they're over ten billion years old. Distance from the solar system is estimated about 2700 light years.
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