Flying through the star cluster Messier 67 (annotated)
This artist's impression takes the viewer on a trip through the old star cluster Messier 67 in the constellation of Cancer (The Crab). Observations using ESO's HARPS instrument on the 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla in Chile, along with other telescopes, have found three planets orbiting stars in this cluster. The three stars with planets are marked with their names.
Credit:ESO/L.Calçada/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)
About the Video
| Id: | eso1402d |
| Release date: | 15 January 2014, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1402 |
| Duration: | 31 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 67 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
