C 0844+120
E584562
C 0844+120 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer, better known as Messier 67, one of the oldest and most studied open clusters in the Milky Way.
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | open star cluster ⓘ |
| age | about 3.5–4.5 billion years ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
M67
ⓘ
Messier 67 NERFINISHED ⓘ NGC 2682 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| angularSize | about 30 arcminutes ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | about 6.1 ⓘ |
| appearsNear | the ecliptic ⓘ |
| bestSeenDuring | northern spring ⓘ |
| bestSeenIn | small telescopes ⓘ |
| cataloguedBy | Charles Messier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| celestialHemisphere | northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ |
| contains |
blue straggler stars
ⓘ
numerous solar-type stars ⓘ red giant stars ⓘ |
| declination | +11° 49′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Johann Gottfried Koehler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryYear | 1779 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
about 2,600–3,000 light-years
ⓘ
about 800–900 parsecs ⓘ |
| equatorialCoordinateSystemEpoch | J2000.0 ⓘ |
| galacticLatitude | +31° (approximate) ⓘ |
| galacticLongitude | 215° (approximate) ⓘ |
| galacticPopulation | open cluster population ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedMass | a few hundred solar masses ⓘ |
| hasEstimatedNumberOfStars | several hundred member stars ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Galactic disk
ⓘ
Milky Way ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Cancer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| messierNumber | 67 ⓘ |
| metallicity | approximately solar metallicity ⓘ |
| ngcNumber | 2682 ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the most studied open clusters in the Milky Way
ⓘ
being one of the oldest known open clusters ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 08h 51m ⓘ |
| usedForStudyOf |
cluster dynamics
ⓘ
solar analogs ⓘ stellar evolution ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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