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Nov 2000

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"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 6067. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Populations And Star Clusters

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M67 is an old open cluster in Cancer, the oldest in Messier's catalog at about 4 billion years and still one of the oldest known. It is well studied since it is comparatively rich for an open cluster, at a distance of only 4000 light-years from the Sun and with a high galactic latitude (i.e. there is little reddening or dust extinction). The population of M67 (around 500 stars, at least 38% of wh...

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