M35, NGC2158, IC2156, IC2157 and NGC2129 (Lee)

Celestial hemisphere: Northern · Constellation: Gemini (Gem) · Contains: 1 Gem · 2 Gem · 3 Gem · 5 Gem · IC 2156 · IC 2157 · M 35 · NGC 2129 · NGC 2158 · NGC 2168 · PGC 136092 · PGC 136101 · PGC 136117 · PGC 1723531 · PGC 18252 · PGC 18381 · PGC 18441 · PGC 18498 · Propus · The star 1 Gem · The star 3 Gem · The star 5 Gem

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M35, NGC2158, IC2156, IC2157 and NGC2129

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M35, NGC2158, IC2156, IC2157 and NGC2129

Christmas Eve brought a brief spell of clear skies so I quickly got the Epsilon out and decided on the FOV around M35.

This was still pretty close to the Moon (see revision B!) so probably wasn't the best selection but I had this marked down in the "things to image under a big moon" list. There's some background Ha in this area but given the moonlight, it's not present!

I choose this FOV, offsetting M35 and NGC2158 to accommodate other small star clusters and bring a bit more to the overall framing.

Thanks for looking.

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Title: AutoSTF showing the moonlight impact

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RA (center)	06h05m58s.56
RA (top/left)	06h12m27s.70
RA (top/right)	05h59m06s.79
RA (bottom/right)	05h59m37s.20
RA (bottom/left)	06h12m45s.31

Dec (center)	+24°02′50″.5
Dec (top/left)	+25°06′29″.6
Dec (top/right)	+24°58′08″.8
Dec (bottom/right)	+22°58′00″.1
Dec (bottom/left)	+23°06′15″.7

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