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| Messier 35 is one of the most beautiful open star clusters in the sky |
The thirty-fifth entry in Charles Messier's Catalogue of faint-fuzzy objects is the open star cluster in the constellation, Gemini the 'Celestial Twins'. From a dark location the cluster is observable with the naked eye but is best seen through binoculars or a richfield telescope. M35 is located at a distance from Earth of some 2800 light years. My image above, taken with my 127mm refracting telescope and an unmodded Canon 600d DSLR, is consequently an image of the M35 as it existed 2800 years ago.
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Star Map showing the position of M35 in Gemini.
Why not go out and try and find it? |
Credits: Starmap Pro and Wikipedia
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