• NGC 2682 or Messier 67 in Cancer
    • M44
    Annotated image
  • M67 is the nearest old and oldest Messier open cluster.
  • It is called the Golden Eye cluster or
  • the King Cobra cluster
  • Hover over the image for an annotated view.
  • Date:  14 April 2022
  • FOV:  approximately 68' × 45'; M67 is approximately 30'
  • Telescope:  Stellarvue SVX102T + SFFX-1 flattener (714mm, f/7)
  • Guiding:  ZWO ASI120MM mini mono guide camera,
  • Stellarvue F050G 50mm guide scope
  • Computer:  ASIair pro Raspberry Pi
  • Mount:  iOptron CEM40
  • Camera:  ZWO ASI071MC Pro Cooled (-10°C) Color CMOS with gain 240
  • Filter:  Baader Light Pollution Moonglow filter with IR cut
  • Stacking:  Ten 240 second frames using Deep Sky Stacker
  • Total Time:  40 minutes
  • Processing:  Pixinsight – SPCC, DBE, SPCC, BlurXT, NoiseXT,
  • GHS, HST, MStr, PMath MStr + GHS + HST,
  • HDR5, Sat, DynCrop/Scale
  • Location:  Darling Hill Observatory near Vesper, NY