WEBDA page for open cluster NGC 6997

Basic Parameters
Right Ascension (2000)	20 56 40
Declination (2000)	+44 38 30
Galactic longitude	85.491
Galactic latitude	-0.495
Distance [pc]	620
Reddening [mag]	0.54
Distance modulus [mag]	10.64
Log Age	8.00
Metallicity
Notes	Commonly mistaken as NGC 6996

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