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

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Barnard's Dwarf Galaxy

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Barnard’s Galaxy (NGC 6822, IC 4895, or Caldwell 57) is a barred irregular galaxy about 1.6 million light-years away in the constellation Sagittarius, that appears nearly rectangular from our vantage-point. This dwarf galaxy is about a tenth of the Milky Way’s size and contains about a mere 10 million stars (the Milky Way about 400 billion). It is one of the closer galaxies to the Milky Way and part of the Local Group of galaxies. It'd listed as a 10th Magnitude object.

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Barnard's Dwarf Galaxy, Lenny