Object: Open cluster NGC 6997 Constell: CYG RA: 20h 56.5m Decl: +44° 39' Epoch: 2000 Mag: 10.0m Size: 8' Type: III 2 m n Observer: Jere Kahanpää Obs. place: Hartola, Finland Date/Time: 21./22.8.1996, 01.50 Telescope: N 205/1000 Magn: 80x Filter: (O-III) Field: 37' NE Lim.mag: 6.0m Background sky: 2 Seeing: 2 Weather: +13 °C, no Moon. Brightness: 3 Alt: 65° Description: About 25 stars mag 11... within 9'. Somewhat concentrated. Est. Tr-type II 1 p. Cross-shaped. The stars are evenly distributed. In a very rich field within NGC 7000. 80x + O-III: The North America neb. fills the field as a soft homogenous gackground glow.