NGC 2158, Colin McGill

NGC 2158

NGC 2158, Colin McGill

NGC 2158

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NGC 2158 is an open cluster in Gemini close to M35. Its about a billion years old, so most of the hot blue stars in the cluster have already burnt out. The blue stars in the cluster are likely foreground stars.

(and now published in the January 2014 edition of Astronomie Magazine, p 39).

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NGC 2158, Colin McGill