Messier 35

Date: 27 February 2025

Altitude: 59 - 78 degrees

Angular Size: 1° 00' x 0° 45'

Orientation: North up; East left

Pixel scale: 0.86" per pixel

Total exposure time: 55 minutes

B filter: 30 x 44 seconds

V filter: 30 x 36 seconds

R filter: 30 x 30 seconds

Messier 39 is also known as NGC 2168, Melotte 41, Raab 31, Collinder 82, Courtès 137,

OCL466 and Lund 207

Open cluster: ~300 stars

Constellation: Gemini

Diameter: 23 light years

Distance: 2,800 light years

Age: 110 million years

Notes

M35 was was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux around 1745 and independently

dicovered by John Bevis before 1750.