  We report rotation periods for 20 cool (FGK) main sequence member stars of
the 4 Gyr-old open cluster M 67 (= NGC 2682), obtained by analysing data from
Campaign 5 of the K2 mission with the Kepler Space Telescope. The rotation
periods delineate a sequence in the color-period diagram (CPD) of increasing
period with redder color. This sequence represents a cross-section at the
cluster age of the surface P = P (t, M), suggested in prior work to extend to
at least solar age. The current Sun is located marginally (approx. one sigma)
above M 67 in the CPD, as its relative age leads us to expect, and lies on the
P = P (t, M) surface to within measurement precision. We therefore conclude
that the solar rotation rate is normal, as compared with cluster stars, a fact
which strengthens the solar-stellar connection. The agreement between the M\,67
rotation period measurements and prior predictions further implies that
rotation periods, especially when coupled with appropriate supporting work such
as spectroscopy, can provide reliable ages via gyrochronology for other similar
FGK dwarfs from the early main sequence to solar age and likely till the main
sequence turnoff. The M 67 rotators have a rotational age of 4.2 Gyr, with a
standard deviation of 0.7 Gyr, implying that similar field stars can be
age-dated to precisions of ~17%. The rotational age of the M 67 cluster as a
whole is therefore 4.2 Gyr, but with a lower (averaged) uncertainty of 0.2 Gyr.

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics