• Mars visits M35 •

Conjunction of Mars and M35 28.04.2021 The open cluster M 35 (NGC 2168) is located at a distance of 2,800 light-years in the direction of the constellation Gemini. Its age is estimated to be 110-150 million years. This is a relatively sparse cluster: a region 3.75 parsecs in size contains a mass of 1,600 to 3,200 solar masses. The cluster is approaching us at a speed of 5 km/s.