M35 Observation Details
M35 Daily Motion
M35 will be visible throughout the entire night. It will rise at 18:05, just before twilight begins, and will be at 10° when twilight starts at 18:50. It will reach its transit at 66° at 00:04, and will fade away as twilight ends at 05:06, being at 13° elevation.M35 will be visible until May, 10, when it will move too close to the Sun. During this time, its proximity to the Sun will cause it to disappear from the night sky, making it unobservable for a while.
M35 Visibility Timetable on December 21
Rise and Set Timetable
| Time | Elevation | |
| M35 rise | 18:05 | |
| Civil sunset | 18:24 | 4° |
| Astrosession begin | 19:17 | 16° |
| Moon Rise, 59.2% illuminated | 23:21 | 63° |
| M35 transit | 00:04 | 66° |
| Astrosession end | 04:39 | 19° |
| Civil sunrise | 05:32 | 7° |
| Sunrise | 05:56 | 2° |
| M35 set | 06:03 | |
| Moon Set | 11:41 | -65° |
Track M35 Position Throughout the Night
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M35 - Open Cluster
M35 is an open cluster located in the constellation Gemini. It was discovered by Philippe Loys de Chéseaux in 1745 and later included in Messier's catalog in 1764. The cluster contains a rich population of stars of various ages and types.
M35 spans about 24 light-years across and contains around 500 stars. The cluster is approximately 2,800 light-years away from Earth and has an apparent magnitude of 5.3, making it visible to the naked eye under dark skies and easily seen with binoculars or a small telescope.
M35 Image Gallery
DSS Blue
DSS Red
DSS Near-Infrared
DSS Composite image
The photos are taken from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2), which was produced at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) under NASA contract, using data from the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), the European Southern Observatory (ESO), and the National Geographic Society-Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS II).
Special thanks to the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO), the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, and the California Institute of Technology for their significant contributions.
Finder Chart for M35
| Object name | M35 |
| Field of view | |
| Limiting magnitude | |
| M35 coordinates | 6.15141, 24.33864 |
| Center coordinates | 6.15141, 24.33864 |
M35 Passage Through Night
Current position of M35
| Time | 16:17 |
| Latitude | 0 |
| Longitude | 0 |
| M35 elevation | -24° |
| M35 Azimuth | -63° |
Annual motion of M35
| Date | Sun, 22 December 2024 |
| Twighlight start | 19:14 |
| Twighlight end | 04:35 |
| Twighlight duration | 9h 21m |
| Rise | 18:01 |
| Set | 05:59 |
| Elevation at transit | 66° |
| Transit time | 00:00 |
| Equatorial coordinate | RA: 06h 09m 05s", Dec: 24° 20' 19s |
| Magnitude | 5 |
| Constellation | Gemini |
The graph is structured with the vertical axis showing the hours of the day, ranging from 12 AM to 12 AM the next day, while the horizontal axis spans each day of the year.
The reddish shaded area indicates the periods when the M35 is above the horizon, visible to observers. The white line marks the times when the celestial object reaches its highest point in the sky each day, known as the transit.
Data Credits
The nebulae information on this page is sourced from the OpenNGC project, developed by Matteo Verga. OpenNGC provides detailed data on the NGC catalog, which is a valuable resource for exploring deep-sky objects such as nebulae.
For more details or to contribute to OpenNGC, visit the official GitHub repository: OpenNGC on GitHub.