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NGC 6822 - Barnard's Galaxy
Sagittarius
Penryn, California
June 2009
FS-128 (ag, ST-4)
ST-2000XM LRGB 5 minute subs

A mag.15  type IBm dwarf galaxy and measures 16 x 14 arc minutes is size.  A member of the local group, NGC 6822 is the third galaxy beyond the Magellanic clouds in which Cepheid variables were found ( couldn't find a distance in any of the data). 

Image acquired through the Sacramento light dome.