Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's galaxy  ·  IC 4895  ·  NGC 6822
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NGC 6822 - Barnard Galaxy, Gerson Pinto
NGC 6822 - Barnard Galaxy
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NGC 6822 - Barnard Galaxy

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NGC 6822 - Barnard Galaxy, Gerson Pinto
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NGC 6822 - Barnard Galaxy

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Is a barred irregular galaxy approximately 1.6 million light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius. Part of the Local Group of galaxies, it was discovered by E. E. Barnard in 1884 (hence its name). It is one of the closer galaxies to the Milky Way. It is similar in structure and composition to the Small Magellanic Cloud. It is about 7,000 light-years in diamete (Wiki)

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NGC 6822 - Barnard Galaxy, Gerson Pinto