Observation by Alan Thomas: NGC 6822 (Barnard's Galaxy) in Sagi...

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Alan Thomas

Observer

Alan Thomas

Observed

2026 Aug 23 - 01:22

Uploaded

2026 Aug 27 - 10:47

Objects

Barnard's Galaxy (NGC6822)

Equipment

PlaneWave CDK24 24 inch f/6.5 Corrected Dall-Kirkham Astrograph
FLI ProLine KAF-16803 CCD camera
10Micron GM4000 robotic German equatorial mount

Exposure

2min

Location

Observatorio del Teide, Tenerife

Target name

NGC 6822 (Barnard's Galaxy) in Sagittarius

Title

NGC 6822 (Barnard's Galaxy) in Sagittarius

About this image

This irregular dwarf galaxy was discovered by Edward Barnard in August 1884. Despite its relatively small size (7-8,000ly) it is also relatively near (1.6 million ly) and so appears quite large (15.5' x 14').

Files associated with this observation

Barnard's Gal v3image-jpeg-i PIRATE (2).jpg (423.8 kB)

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