WEBDA page for open cluster NGC 6940

Basic Parameters
Right Ascension (2000)	20 34 26
Declination (2000)	+28 17 00
Galactic longitude	69.860
Galactic latitude	-7.147
Distance [pc]	770
Reddening [mag]	0.214
Distance modulus [mag]	10.10
Log Age	8.858
Metallicity	+0.01
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