M35

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M35 is a bright open star cluster located in the constellation Gemini, visible with binoculars or small telescopes.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
M35 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf open star cluster ⓘ
age ~100 million years ⓘ
alternativeName Collinder 89 ⓘ
Messier 35 ⓘ
NGC 2168 ⓘ
angularSize ~28 arcminutes ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 5.1 ⓘ
bestSeenIn dark skies ⓘ
bestViewingHemisphere Northern Hemisphere ⓘ
bestViewingSeason winter ⓘ
catalogCode M35 ⓘ
clusterType rich open cluster ⓘ
containsHundredsOfStars true ⓘ
containsObject NGC 2158 (nearby in same field of view) ⓘ
declination +24° 20′ ⓘ
discoverer Philippe Loys de Chéseaux ⓘ
discoveryYear 1745 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth ~2800 light-years ⓘ
~860 parsecs ⓘ
galacticLatitude +2.2° (approximate) ⓘ
galacticLongitude 186° (approximate) ⓘ
hasApproximateRadius ~11 light-years ⓘ
hasColor predominantly blue-white stars ⓘ
hasCoreRadius ~3 light-years (approximate) ⓘ
hasIntegratedSpectralType approximately B-type dominated ⓘ
hasMass several thousand solar masses (approximate) ⓘ
hasMetallicity slightly sub-solar (approximate) ⓘ
hasStellarPopulation main-sequence stars ⓘ
hasTrumplerClassification III 3 r ⓘ
includedInCatalog Messier catalogue ⓘ
isGravitationallyBound true ⓘ
isIncludedIn Collinder catalogue (Cr 89) ⓘ
isPopularTargetFor astrophotography ⓘ
locatedIn Orion Arm of the Milky Way ⓘ
linked to: Orion Arm
locatedInConstellation Gemini ⓘ
locatedNear NGC 2158 ⓘ
observedBy amateur astronomers ⓘ
professional astronomers ⓘ
observedFrom Earth ⓘ
partOf Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
rightAscension 06h 09m ⓘ
skyLocationDescription near the feet of Gemini (near Eta Geminorum) ⓘ
visibleToNakedEye barely under very dark skies ⓘ
visibleWith binoculars ⓘ
small telescope ⓘ

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