NGC 2158

RA:

06 : 07.5

Dec:

+24 : 06

Distance from Sun:

Distance from Galactic Center:

Apparent Diameter:

5. arc min

Brightness:

8.6 mag

Radial Velocity:

Diameter:

Abs. Mag:

This wellknown open cluster, situated very close to famous M35 (NGC 2168), was considered as a globular by Rosino (1954), see also Sawyer Hogg (1959). Despite this, its nature as an old Galactic open cluster is established with certainty; its age has been estimated at about 1.05 billion years.

The image in this page has been obtained with the Burell-Schmidt Telescope of Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona. It has been cropped from a larger image of NGC 2158 together with its more prominent neighbor M35.
Credit: NOAO/AURA/NSF