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On this page I collect my observations of the dwarf galaxy NGC 6822, called Barnard's Galaxy, in the constellation Sagittarius.
The dwarf galaxy NGC 6822, called Barnard's Galaxy, in the constellation Sagittarius is according to Stoyan faint and hard to see. This was in fact even with the eVscope the case. But once, I was able to find a faint glow after post-processing...
NGC 6822 is part of the Local Group, just like our Milky Way and the Andromeda Galaxy M 31.
A little more than 40' away from NGC 6822 is the planetary nebula NGC 6818 (Little Gem Nebula) located, which is, however, much, much closer (6,000 LY) to Earth than the galaxy (1.6 million LY). In Vespera (and eVscope 2), both could therefore be observed in the same field of view.
| NGC 6822 (Barnard's Galaxy) | NGC 6818 (Little Gem Nebula) | |
| Size: 10' x 7' / 15.4' × 14.2' (Stoyan/Wikipedia) Distance: 1.6 million light years (Stoyan/Wikipedia) Rating: * (Stoyan) |
Size: 0.4' (Stoyan) Distance: 6,000 light years (Stoyan) Rating: ** (Stoyan) |
The galaxy NGC 6822 (Barnard's Galaxy) in constellation Sagittarius and the nearby planetary nebula NGC 6818 (Little Gem Nebula) reside to the east if the summer milky way. (Image Courtesy of SkySafari Astronomy, www.simulationcurriculum.com)
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NGC 6822 - Aug 9, 2020, many hot pixels |
NGC 6822 - Aug 19, 2020 |
NGC 6822 - Aug 20, 2020 |
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NGC 6822 - Aug 9, 2020, even processed nothing to see... |
NGC 6822 - Aug 19, 2020, processed perhaps a faint glow to see |
NGC 6822 - Aug 19, 2020, processed a faint glow to see |
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NGC 6822 - Evaluation with astrometry.net |
