Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Galaxy  ·  NGC 6822
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Barnard's Galaxy NGC6822, Göran Nilsson
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Barnard's Galaxy NGC6822

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Barnard's Galaxy NGC6822

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NGC 6822 (also known as Barnard's Galaxy, IC 4895, or Caldwell 57) 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), with a six-inch refractor telescope. 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 diameter.

This is LRGB data obtained through membership in Telescope Live at the El Sauce hosting facility at 1500m elevation in Río Hurtado, Coquimbo Region, Chile. RGB data contains 5 x 5 min + 2 x 10 min red, 5 x 5 min + 2 x 10 min green and 5 x 5 min +  2 x 10 min blue. Lum is 5 x 5 min + 2 x 10 min.

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Barnard's Galaxy NGC6822, Göran Nilsson