Messier 35, NGC 2158 (Open Clusters) - Sketch

messier 35 sketch, ngc2158

Location and conditions: Hulda forest, Israel. ~5.7 NELM. December 2006
Instrument: Orion skyview pro 8" F/5 Newton. 8mm Televue plossl. 125x (0.41°)
Drawing details: Graphite pencil drawing on a white paper, made while observing with a telescope under red light. Sketch is north oriented. Scanned, inverted and processed in Photoshop. Observer: Michael Vlasov.

open cluster at left: Messier 35 ; open cluster ; constellation: Gemini ;
magnitude: 5.3m ;  distance: 2.8kly .

small cluster at right: NGC 2158; open cluster ; constellation: Gemini ;
magnitude: 8.6m

Original drawing:

messier 35 drawing