NGC6822 info
NGC6822 was discoverd by American astronomer E E Barnard with a 6" Refractor in 1884. Not only does Barnard have a galaxy named after him he also has Barnards star in Ophiuchus (largest proper motion of a star) and Barnards loop in Orion (a huge but faint arc of nebulosity). NGC6822 is a Irregular-dwarf galaxy and a member of our local group of galaxies. Its distance is approx 1.6 million light years and visual magnitude is 9.3 but with a very low surface brightness.
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