NGC 6822 [SEP] constellation
NGC 6822
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. 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
-like nebula N70 in the LMC.
See also.
- Bubble Nebula (NGC 6822)
- NGC 6822
External links.
- Simbad
- Clayton, C.A. "The Dynamics of the giant ring nebula Hubble III in NGC 6822", "Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society", vol. 226, May 15, 1987, p. 493-504