M67 Observation Details
M67 Daily Motion
M67 will rise before twilight begins, at 20:38, and will reach 17° elevation by the time twilight commences at 22:05. It will reach its transit at 62° by 03:17 and gradually fade away as the night ends at 06:46, maintaining an elevation of around 36°.M67 will be visible until May, 28, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
M67 Visibility Timetable on December 22
Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| Astrosession begin | 18:48 | -19° |
| M67 rise | 20:38 | |
| Moon Rise, 57% illuminated | 23:50 | 36° |
| M67 transit | 03:17 | 62° |
| Astrosession end | 06:13 | 42° |
| Civil sunrise | 07:20 | 30° |
| Sunrise | 07:52 | 24° |
| M67 set | 09:57 | |
| Moon Set | 12:24 | -25° |
Track M67 Position Throughout the Night
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M67 - Open Cluster
M67 is an open cluster located in the constellation Cancer. It was discovered by Johann Gottfried Koehler in 1779 and later cataloged by Charles Messier. M67 is one of the oldest known open clusters.
M67 spans about 20 light-years across and contains over 500 stars. The cluster is approximately 2,700 light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 6.1, making it visible with binoculars or a small telescope.
M67 Image Gallery
DSS Blue
DSS Red
DSS Near-Infrared
DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for M67
| Object name | M67 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| M67 coordinates | 8.85559, 11.81194 |
| Center coordinates | 8.85559, 11.81194 |
M67 Passage Through Night
Current position of M67
| Time | 22:05 |
| Latitude | 39.9625 |
| Longitude | -83.0061 |
| M67 elevation | 17° |
| M67 Azimuth | -88° |
Annual motion of M67
| Date | Mon, 23 December 2024 |
| Twighlight start | 18:48 |
| Twighlight end | 06:11 |
| Twighlight duration | 11h 23m |
| Rise | 20:34 |
| Set | 09:53 |
| Elevation at transit | 62° |
| Transit time | 03:13 |
| Equatorial coordinate | RA: 08h 51m 20s", Dec: 11° 48' 42s |
| Magnitude | 7 |
| Constellation | Cancer |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the M67 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.