Open star cluster M67, Praesepe, photographed by telescopes on
Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona. The first image was taken with the
4-meter Mayall telescope in 1975
(Credit and Copyright: AURA/NOAO/NSF).
The second image, which is full color, was created from nine images
aken in the BVR pass-bands at the Burrell Schmid telescope of Case Western
Reserve University’s Warner and Swasey Observatory in January, 1997
(Credit and Copyright: Nigel Sharp, Mark Hanna,
AURA/NOAO/NSF)
- Hi-res version of the second
image
- More AURA/NOAO images
Last Modification: 22 Apr 1999, 13:00 MET