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 yea

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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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Keywords: 2003, 2158, astronomical, astronomy, canada-france-hawaii, cfht, cluster, cosmology, gemini, january, m35, multiple, ngc, open, optical, science, star, starfield, stars, stellar, visible