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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 (hence its name) with a six-inch refractor telescope. It is one of the closer galaxies to the Milky Way. It is similar in structure and composition to the Small Magellanic Cloud. It is about 7000 light-years in diameter.
