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Messier Index/M35
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300px Credit: w:2MASS/w:NASA. Messier 35 Open Cluster w:J2000 06 09.1SIMBAD Astronomical Database
Results for Messier 35
http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/Simbad
2006-12-08 +24 21 2800 5.30 28 unknown Unknown Gemini NGC 2168
Messier 35 (also known as M 35, or NGC 2168) is an w:open cluster in the constellation Gemini. It was discovered by w:Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in w:1745 and independently discovered by w:John Bevis before w:1750. The cluster is scattered over an area of the sky almost the size of the full moon and is located 2,800 w:parsecs from Earth.
References
External links
Messier 35, SEDS Messier pages
M35 and the tight old cluster NGC 2158 imaged with a semiprofessional Amateur-telescope