M67, NGC 2682
noirlab_noao-m67pump June 30th, 2020
Credit: Nigel Sharp, Mark Hanna/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M67 is an open star cluster in the constellation Cancer. One of the oldest known such clusters, M67 was believed to be an amazing 10 billion years old. New estimates, however, fall below 4 billion years, still quite old but younger than the current winner NGC6791, at 7 billion. M67 contains approximately 500 stars within its 12 light-year diameter and is located some 2500 light-years away. This full color image was created from nine images taken in the BVR pass-bands at the Burrell Schmidt telescope of Case Western Reserve University's Warner and Swasey Observatory. The Burrell Schmidt is located on Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona. The images were taken in January 1997. North is at the top with east to the left.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m67pump/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m67pump
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M67, NGC 2682
- Credits
- Nigel Sharp, Mark Hanna/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:53:14
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m67pump/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Burrell Schmidt Telescope, Burrell Schmidt Telescope, Burrell Schmidt Telescope
- Instrument
- None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 132.7795765, 11.8169461
- Reference Dimension
- 1024.0, 683.0
- Reference Pixel
- 611.9991608, 307.2101288
- Scale
- -0.000563, 0.000563
- Rotation
- 2.311056224
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 950 North Cherry Ave.
- City
- Tucson
- State/Province
- AZ
- Postal Code
- 85719
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- NSF's NOIRLab
- Publisher ID
- noirlab
- Resource ID
- noao-m67pump
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m67pump.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:36.707341
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
