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NGC 6822 is one of the nearest galaxies and is thus a member of the Local Group. The galaxy seems to be without symmetry and is classified as an irregular. At one end of a prominent bar a few clouds of glowing gas can be seen; at the other, bright bluish stars are scattered out into what appears to be the first signs of a straggling spiral arm. The fact that this galaxy is near enough for us to be able to resolve a large number of its individual stars makes it possible to study the star formation history based on colour-magnitude diagrams. This image was obtained using CCD imaging on the Isaac Newton Telescope. Exposure times were 900s in I, 900s in R, 1000s in V and 1200s in B. PDF version: https://www.ing.iac.es/PR/dissemination/ngc6822.pdf
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