niteskys.com - M35 Open Cluster in Gemini
 

Image Data

November 15, 2007
January 12, 2008
January 13, 2008

50 minutes luminance
48 minutes red
48 minutes green
48 minutes blue

Equipment Used

Takahashi FSQ-106ED
Takahashi NJP Mount
SBIG ST-2000XM w/CFW8A
Tru-Balance Filters

Processing Tools

CCDStack
Photoshop CS3

 
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M35 (NGC2168) is an open cluster in the constellation of Gemini.  It is comprised of young blue stars.  In contrast NGC2158, the small star cluster at the lower right of M35, is comprised of an older star population of red stars.