Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr)  ·  Contains:  Barnard's Galaxy  ·  LBN 83  ·  NGC 6822
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NGC 6822, Alan Karty
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NGC 6822

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NGC 6822

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NGC 6822 (also known as Barnard's Galaxy is a barred irregular galaxy approximately 1.6 million light-years away in the constellationSagittarius. 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.

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NGC 6822, Alan Karty