Barnard Galaxy (Los_Calvos)

Celestial hemisphere: Southern · Constellation: Sagittarius (Sgr) · Contains: Barnard's Galaxy · HD186317 · HD186499 · LBN 83 · NGC 6822

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NGC 6822 Barnard GalaxyForming part of the Local Group, NGC 6822 is an irregular dwarf galaxy similar to the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). At a distance of 1.5 Million of light year, (m − M)0 = 23.45 ± 0.15 mag it is the closest “independent” galaxy of this type beyond the Magellanic Clouds. Its close proximity and apparent isolation have made NGC 6822 a popular candidate for studies of galactic evolution, without the strong gravitational influences of other systems.The morphology of the galaxy can be broadly divided into three structural components ; firstly, a central bar which contains much of the young stellar population is clearly visible at optical wavelengths and is orientated almost in a north-south direction. This bar is embedded in a large envelope of neutral hydrogen oriented in a roughly SE-NW direction. Although this kind of HI structure is not unique in the Local Group – IC 1613 and IC 10 have similar structures – NGC 6822 is unusual in that the HI envelope is so much more extended than the main optical component. A third, halo-like structure made up of old- and intermediate age stars has been detected in 2002 and is approximately ~1 degree along the major axis. This elongated spheroidal structure is positioned orthogonally to and is dynamically decoupled from the HI envelope.Above the galaxy Hubble-V is an active star-forming region within galaxy NGC 6822. The cloud is about 200 light-years across and contains a dense knot of dozens of ultra-hot stars, each 100,000 times brighter than our Sun. In addition of the others HII regions in this field 18 NP and 9 HI regions have been located (see inverted image).

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RA (center)	19h44m59s.860
RA (top/left)	19h46m38s.871
RA (top/right)	19h43m21s.881
RA (bottom/right)	19h43m18s.910
RA (bottom/left)	19h46m36s.624

Dec (center)	-14°47′52″.74
Dec (top/left)	-14°24′07″.54
Dec (top/right)	-14°23′30″.80
Dec (bottom/right)	-15°11′35″.92
Dec (bottom/left)	-15°12′13″.85

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