It's an open cluster of more than 500 stars in the of constellation of Cancer the Crab.
At 2700 light years away and 21 light years across, M67 appears to be roughly the same size as the full Moon.
Messier 67 is also one of the oldest known open clusters at the ripe old age of about 3.7 billion years.
Seeing over the past few weeks has been poor and I'm still honing my setup down after my frying my mount's electrics.
Usual 80ED / 40d setup. ISO 1600 x 240 seconds.
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