Messier 35 and NGC 2158 in the constellation Gemini.

 

The open star-clusters - Messier 35 and NGC 2158.
Captured with the Observatory's Seestar S30.
Credit: Pip Stakkert.

"Messier 35 is an open star cluster in the constellation Gemini, and covers approximately the same amount of sky as the full Moon. It is relatively nearby at 2,930 light years distant. The  cluster is relatively young and is estimated to have formed from a collapsing cloud of cold gas and dust approximately 100 million years ago. The compact  star cluster NGC 2158 (visible bottom right) is much further away, 11,000 light years distant and much older, estimated  to have formed some 2 billion years ago". - Joel Cairo CEO of the Jodrell Plank Observatory

Gemini, the Jelly Fish and Monkey Nebulae

The Jelly Fish Nebula IC443 and open star cluster Messier 35 - Canon 600d DSLR and Samyang 135mm fixed lens at F2. Stack of 30x2 minute sub lights at ISO800.

 

A widefield image showing the location of M35 at the foot of one of the twins.

The same image shown top - with added infra-red from the WISE space telescope. Credit: Kurt Thrust, Astrometry.net and NASA.

The constellation Gemini the twins is home to a number of interesting astronomical nebula and open star clusters which can be seen and imaged with a small telescope or camera lens. The open star cluster, Messier 35 can be seen through a pair of 10x50 binoculars. - Kurt Thrust current Director of the Jodrell Plank Observatory.

IC443 The Jelly Fish Nebula -COAST Robotic Telescope with SHO filters. Credit:: Open Observatories, Open University telescope.org

NGC2174 The Monkey Head Nebula -COAST Robotic Telescope with SHO filters. Credit:: Open Observatories, Open University telescope.org