NGC6940 (Open cluster)
![NGC6940 Image of NGC6940](https://in-the-sky.org/image.php?style=medium&userimg=19910715_115857_7b7739b14764.png)
From Cambridge , NGC6940 is visible all night. It will become visible at around 21:41 (EDT), 41° above your eastern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 01:36, 75° above your southern horizon. It will be lost to dawn twilight at around 03:56, 58° above your western horizon.
Name
NGC6940
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Object type
Open cluster
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Right ascension: | 20h34m [2] |
Declination: | +28°16' [2] |
Constellation: | Vulpecula |
Magnitude: | 6.30 (V) [4] 6.98 (B) [2] |
Distance: | 770.0 parsec 2510.2 lightyrs [1] |
B-V Color (mag): | 0.68 |
Absolute mag (V): | -3.13 |
All times shown in Cambridge local time.