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NGC 6822 · Galaxy · Sagittarius

Barnard's Galaxy

Also known as IC 4895 · C 57 · PGC 63616

Shot with Seestar S50 ×2 · Dwarf 3 ×1

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Type

Galaxy

Constellation

Sagittarius

Position (J2000)

19h 44m 58s · −14° 48′ 12″

Discovered

by Edward Emerson Barnard in 1884

Pictures

3

Typical integration

4.6 h

Magnitude

10.05

visual

Size

17.4′ × 16.8′

Distance

~1,600,000 ly

Best months

Jun–Aug

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.