M35

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M35 is a bright open star cluster located in the constellation Gemini, visible with binoculars or small telescopes.

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M35 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf open star cluster
age ~100 million years
alternativeName Collinder 89
Messier 35
NGC 2168
angularSize ~28 arcminutes
apparentMagnitudeV 5.1
bestSeenIn dark skies
bestViewingHemisphere Northern Hemisphere
bestViewingSeason winter
catalogCode M35
clusterType rich open cluster
containsHundredsOfStars true
containsObject NGC 2158 (nearby in same field of view)
declination +24° 20′
discoverer Philippe Loys de Chéseaux
discoveryYear 1745
distanceFromEarth ~2800 light-years
~860 parsecs
galacticLatitude +2.2° (approximate)
galacticLongitude 186° (approximate)
hasApproximateRadius ~11 light-years
hasColor predominantly blue-white stars
hasCoreRadius ~3 light-years (approximate)
hasIntegratedSpectralType approximately B-type dominated
hasMass several thousand solar masses (approximate)
hasMetallicity slightly sub-solar (approximate)
hasStellarPopulation main-sequence stars
hasTrumplerClassification III 3 r
includedInCatalog Messier catalogue
isGravitationallyBound true
isIncludedIn Collinder catalogue (Cr 89)
isPopularTargetFor astrophotography
locatedIn Orion Arm of the Milky Way
linked to: Orion Arm
locatedInConstellation Gemini
locatedNear NGC 2158
observedBy amateur astronomers
professional astronomers
observedFrom Earth
partOf Milky Way galaxy
linked to: Milky Way
rightAscension 06h 09m
skyLocationDescription near the feet of Gemini (near Eta Geminorum)
visibleToNakedEye barely under very dark skies
visibleWith binoculars
small telescope

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