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

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NGC 6822

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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.
It is one of the closer galaxies to the Milky Way. It is about 7,000 light-years in diameter.
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