🔭 M35 — Shoe-Buckle Cluster

Open cluster in Gemini

M35, Shoe-Buckle Cluster is a open cluster in the constellation Gemini, with an apparent magnitude of about 5.3, roughly 2.8 thousand light-years away.

Data

Catalogue designation	M35
Common name	Shoe-Buckle Cluster
Object type	Open cluster
Constellation	Gemini
NGC / IC	NGC 2168
Apparent magnitude	5.3
Distance (approx.)	2.8 thousand light-years

What a open cluster is

A loose, young family of a few dozen to a few thousand stars born together from the same gas cloud and drifting apart over time. The Pleiades are the most famous example.

Data: Messier catalogue & IAU constellations, via English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) · stored statically.