Open Cluster Messier 35

Messier 35 - Open Cluster in Gemini

Description: Open Cluster Messier 35 and NGC2158 in Gemini. M35 is made up of about 200 stars in an area 28 arc minutes across, shining at magnitude 5.1. (AKA NGC2168) The small cluster NGC2158 is further away, comprised of about 930 stars. Much tighter grouping at 5 arc minutes across, also dimmer at magnitude 8.6 Film: Chilled Kodak VR400 with Canda Technologies dry-ice camera Scope: 16" f4.5 Newtonian Exposure: 15 Minutes Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta Date: February 16, 1988

Messier 35 - Open Cluster in Gemini

Description: Open Cluster Messier 35 and NGC2158 in Gemini. M35 is made up of about 200 stars in an area 28 arc minutes across, shining at magnitude 5.1. (AKA NGC2168) The small cluster NGC2158 is further away, comprised of about 930 stars. Much tighter grouping at 5 arc minutes across, also dimmer at magnitude 8.6
Film: Chilled Kodak VR400 with Canda Technologies dry-ice camera
Scope: 16" f4.5 Newtonian
Exposure: 15 Minutes
Location: Wilson Coulee Observatory, Alberta
Date: February 16, 1988