M 35 (NGC 2168, Lund 207) Open Cluster in Gemini
Located at: RA 06 hours 09 minutes 00 seconds, Dec +24 degrees 21 minutes 00 seconds
Size: 28' (25'); Magnitude: 5.1; Class: III 3 r
North is up
West to the right
| Telescope: |
8" f5 Newtonian reflector |
| Camera: |
ST-8XME, self-guided, binned 1x1, temp -25c, camera control MaxIm DL 4.56 |
| Image: |
Lumicon Deep Sky filter, 180 minutes (18 x 10 minute subs), 12/15/2007 |
| Processing: |
CCDStack 1.3, Photoshop 7.0 |
| Location: |
Rolling Roof Observatory, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360 (+34d 13m 29s -118h 52m 20s) |
| Notes: | The magnificent Messier open cluster is almost as large as my field
of view, somewhat lessening its photographic visual impact ... the very rich open
cluster partially seen to the Southwest (lower right) is
NGC 2158. According to "Star Clusters", by Brent Archinal and Steven Hynes, the size of M 35 is 25 arc minutes. From the NGC / IC Project: Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 2168NGC 2168 = M35 = Cr 82 06 08.9 +24 20 V = 5.1; Size 28 8": very bright, very large, excellent field but not rich in faint stars, many stars in rows, loops, striking. Visible naked-eye in dark sky. - by Steve Gottlieb |