Zooming in on the star cluster Messier 67
This zoom sequence takes the viewer from a broad view of the entire night sky into a close up view of 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.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2/N. Risinger (skysurvey.org)
Music: movetwo
About the Video
| Id: | eso1402b |
| Release date: | 15 January 2014, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1402 |
| Duration: | 56 s |
| Frame rate: | 30 fps |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 67 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
