Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Gemini (Gem)  ·  Contains:  IC 2157  ·  M 35  ·  NGC 2158  ·  NGC 2168  ·  The star 5Gem
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M35 and NGC 2158, rhedden
M35 and NGC 2158
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M35 and NGC 2158

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M35 and NGC 2158, rhedden
M35 and NGC 2158
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M35 and NGC 2158

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M35 and NGC 2158 are two open clusters in the constellation Gemini. NGC 2158 is a very old cluster (est. 2 billion years) and many of its member stars appear ruddy orange, providing a nice contrast with the blue stars of the younger, closer cluster M35. Open clusters IC 2156 and IC 2157 also sneaked into the image on the right side.

This is an LRGB image comprised of 120 s RGB subs (22 Red, 14 Green, 20 Blue) and 58 luminance subs of 60 s. Seeing was poor, but it doesn't make much difference at 2.6" per pixel. The image has been cropped slightly.

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