NGC 6822, Barnard's Galaxy

NGC 6822, also known as Barnard's Galaxy, is a barred irregular galaxy. It is part of the local group of galaxies that includes the Milky Way Galaxy. It is located in the constellation Sagittarius and is more than 2 MLY distant. It is the closest non-satellite galaxy to the Milky Way. (NASA Science)

Image processed by Andrew Macica, original data from Telescope Live.

Imaging Details:

Observatory: Rio Hurtado Valley, Chile

Telescope: Planewave CDK24

Aperture: 610 mm (24 inches), f/6.5

Focal Length: 3962 mm

Camera: FLI PL 9000 CCD

Filters: LRGB

Total Exposure: 9 hours 20 min.

Image Processing: PixInsight 1.8.9-3 Ripley (x64);

BlurXTerminator, NoiseXTerminator (RC Astro);

Adobe Photoshop 12.5.1;

Adobe Lightroom Classic 14.1.1

Instruction on PixInsight from Adam Block Studios.