Barnard's Galaxy

Date image was taken: 8/15/2020

Image Title: Barnard's Galaxy

Image Description and Details : Description - 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 in diameter.

Imaging System – Planewave CDK14, Paramount Mx+, FLI 16803/Chroma Filters

Exposure – HaLRGB, 13 hours

Processing – Pixinsight

Location/Date - Fort Davis, Texas / August 2020

Credit/Copyright – Good Astronomy/Steve Timmons

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