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Messier 35 - Open Cluster in Gemini

Above the horizon.  Rise: 7:08 | Tran: 15:24 | Set: 23:40
Alt: 2.15°   Az: 307.94°   Direction: North-West

Messier 35 is a Open Cluster in the Gemini constellation. Messier 35 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year. Given its visual magnitude of 5.1, Messier 35 is barely visible to the naked eye, easily visible with the help of a small binocular.

The image below is a photograph of Messier 35 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2 - see the credits section) taken in the red channel. The area of sky represented in the image is 0.8000x0.8000 degrees (48.00x48.00 arcmins).

Image of Messier 35 - Open Cluster in Gemini star
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DSS2 image of Messier 35 in the Red band. The green region on the image is a representation of the major (24 arcmin) and minor (24 arcmin) axes of the object's apparent size.

Celestial Coordinates

Apparent

06h 10m 38s
+24° 19’ 57”
08h 00m 31s
14h 11m 09s

J2000

06h 09m 05s
+24° 20’ 19”

Finder Chart

The simplified sky charts below show the position of Messier 35 in the sky. The first chart has a field of view of 60° while the second one has a field of view of 10°.

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Finder chart for Messier 35 - Open Cluster in Gemini.

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Finder chart for Messier 35 - Open Cluster in Gemini.

Photometric Information

The following table lists the magnitude of Messier 35 in different bands of the electomagnetic spectrum (when available), from the B band (445nm wavelength, corresponding to the Blue color), to the V band ( 551nm wavelength, corresponding to Green/Yellow color), to the J, H, K bands (corresponding to 1220nm, 1630nm, 2190nm wavelengths respectively, which are colors not visible to the human eye).

5.31
5.1

For more information about photometry in astronomy, check the photometric system article on Wikipedia.

Apparent Size

The following table reports Messier 35 apparent angular size. The green area displayed on top of the DSS2 image of Messier 35 is a visual representation of it.
24 arcmin
24 arcmin

Rise and Set Times

Location: Greenwich, UK
Latitude: 51° 28’ 47” N
Longitude: 0° 00’ 00” E
Timezone: Europe/London

Today's Messier 35 - Open Cluster in Gemini rise, transit and set times from Greenwich, UK are the following (all times relative to the local timezone Europe/London):

Azimuth: 65.7°
Max altitude: 62.9°
Azimuth: 294.3°