Saturday, April 24, 2021

Mars and Open Starcluster M35 April 24 - April 29

Mars on April 25 around 10pm near Open Starcluster M35 - Source Stellarium

As from today, April 25 untill April 29, Mars can be observed near Open Starcluster Messier M35 (NGC2168 Cr 82 MEL41). The closest distance with M35 will happen on April 26 with Mars only 0.5° away. Other objects of interst near Mars are also Open Starclusters IC2156, IC2158 (CR80) and NGC2158 (CR81 MEL40).

Last month I was able to capture Mars with Open Starcluster NGC1746.