Canon 350D Hap Griffin Baader Mod
16x180sec at iso 1600
30 Darks/Flats/Bias
APM/TMB 130/780 with APM Field Flattener

M35 (NGC 2168) in Gemini consists of several hundred stars at a distance of 2800 light years and an age of 100 million years.

NGC 2158 can be seen southwest of M35. This cluster is 10 times older (1.05 billion years) and 5 times more remote (16,000 light years) than M35 and because of it's appearance was once considered as a globular cluster candidate.

Open cluster IC 2157 can be seen just on the right lower edge of the frame at a distance of 6655 light years.

November 27, 2008