M35

Image Description and Details :

16" f3.75 Dream Astrograph, FLI Proline 16803, Paramount ME
Frames: 55x120" (1h 50')

Image aquisition remotly by Cláudio Tenreiro, at Insight Observatory, New Mexico.
Image processing: Ruben Barbosa.

Messier 35 (M35) is a large open star cluster located in the northern constellation Gemini. The cluster consists of several hundred stars, of which 120 are brighter than magnitude 13. The central region has a density of 6.21 stars per cubic parsec. M35 is The only Messier Object located in Gemini

Copyright: Claúdio Tenreiro / Ruben Barbosa