M35 open star cluster,optical image. M35 (upper left) contains a couple of hundred stars,is some 110 million years old and lies about 2800 light years away in the constellation Gemini. Also seen is a more distant open star cluster,NGC 2158 (lower right),which is some 16,000 light years distant and about 10 times older. Image taken in January 2003 by the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope | |
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