M 35
A large open cluster at the feet of the Gemini twins, a fuzzy patch to the eye under a dark sky.
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What it is
- Kind of object
- Open star cluster
- Distance
- 2,800 light years
- Brightness
- Magnitude 5.3, visible to the eye from a dark site, easy in binoculars
- Size in the sky
- About as wide as the full Moon
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Catalogue
- M 35, NGC 2168
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