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      NGC 6822
      Wallpaper author:
      Marius Dinga

      05 Jul 2026

      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, with a six-inch refractor telescope. It is the closest non-satellite galaxy 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."(Wikipedia)

      Dataset from which the image was processed

      NGC 6822

      7 credit

      Open
      Telescope Live
      CHI-1-CCD
      • Type of target
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        Galaxy
      • Camera
        ............................................................................................................................
        FLI ProLine PL9000
      • Target coordinates
        ............................................................................................................................
        RA 296.2342 Dec -14.79758
      • Hemisphere
        ............................................................................................................................
        Southern
      • Telescope location
        ............................................................................................................................
        Chile
      • Transient event
        ............................................................................................................................
        No
      • Observed on
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        04 Sept 2020 - 05 Aug 2022
      Filter
      Avg Exp (s)
      Total Exposure
      Subframes
      Luminance6953h40m19
      Red6003h18
      Green5672h50m18
      Blue5332h40m18

      NGC 6822