WEBDA page for open cluster Westerlund 2

Basic Parameters			DSS Image: 10 x 10 arcminutes
Right Ascension (2000)	10 24 02
Declination (2000)	-57 46 00
Galactic longitude	284.276
Galactic latitude	-0.336
Distance [pc]	1874
Reddening [mag]	0.785
Distance modulus [mag]	13.80
Log Age	7.215
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