Recently, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) revealed a scattered star cluster with an incredibly old population of stars. It is called the cluster of the King Cobra and the Golden Eye. This is stated on the NASA website.

Messier 67 (M67 or NGC 2682) is a diffuse star cluster located about 2,700 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cancer. It was discovered and registered by the German astronomer Johann Keller in 1779. Within a year, French astronomer Charles Messier once again defined the cluster as a "collection of stars."

NASA emphasizes that M67 is one of the oldest scattered clusters, because it is about four billion years old, that is, as old as the Sun.

Some scientists say that they can see such a star cluster with the naked eye, because its area in the sky is equal to the size of the full moon. In turn, the researchers advised using telescopes for this. Astronomers add that Messier 67 is best seen in the Northern Hemisphere during the spring, which is March.

In addition, it is known that researchers are observing M67 thanks to the American Hubble Optical Space Telescope. In the footage, you can see that Messier 67 allegedly consists of more than 500 stars that have a weak gravitational connection.

"In fact, the cluster contains about 100 stars similar in composition and age to our Sun, as well as many red giants and white dwarf stars. It also contains about 30 'blue renegades' - odd-numbered stars that are brighter and bluer than the population, from which they formed, possibly as a result of the extraction of material from a binary companion. M67 is the oldest open cluster in the Messier catalog," NASA said.

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