Open star cluster
Messier 35
Also M35 · NGC 2168
A large open cluster near the feet of Gemini, visible in binoculars.
Measured
- Distance
- 2,970 light-years
- Size
- about 22 light-years across (approximate)
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Position (J2000)
- RA 6h 08m 54s, Dec +24.33°
How far, from the Sun
2,970 light-years. To cross it:
- Light2,970 years
- Voyager 1's speed52.8 million years
- Driving at 100 km/h32.1 billion years
Voyager 1 at the speed it moved outward over the year to 2026-10-25 (JPL Horizons). Driving: nonstop, never refuelling.
Facts
- It is about 150 million years old.
- Beside it in the sky lies the older, much more distant cluster NGC 2158.
How it was found
- Philippe Loys de Chéseaux discovered it in 1745.
Where this comes from
- Netopil et al. 2022, MNRAS 509, 421 (0.91 kpc)
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