Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Galaxy  ·  NGC 6822
NGC 6822 Barnard's  Galaxy, Saša Nuić
NGC 6822 Barnard's  Galaxy
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NGC 6822 Barnard's Galaxy

NGC 6822 Barnard's  Galaxy, Saša Nuić
NGC 6822 Barnard's  Galaxy
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NGC 6822 Barnard's Galaxy

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Often neglected, but very important galaxy in Sagittarius. Important due to E. Hubble's findings of Cepheid stars and establishing it as a first detected galaxy outside of our Milky way. In fact, up to that moment other galaxies were thought to be just nebulas within our galaxy, and that was supposed to be the whole universe. Finding and distance measurement of those Cepheides changed the view on the universe and enabled further discoveries of the size and nature of universe. Some of those cepheids are visible on this photograph too.

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NGC 6822 Barnard's  Galaxy, Saša Nuić